Bristol 2

• What is the cultural mix of Bristol?

  > Youthful Pop. = underground music

  > Colston Hall, Bristol Old Vic- dance, theatre
• What are the recreational aspects of Bristol?

  2 Football teams (City, Rovers).
• What are the small opportunities of Entertainment ?

  > Cabot Circus shopping centre (2008 costing £500 million), shops, cinema, leisure, offices.
• What are the large opportunities of Employment within Bristol?

  > Large tech industry- 50 silicon businesses.

  > Home to TNCs- Hewlett Packard, Toshiba

  > Government grant of 100 mil -> broadband speeds of 80Mbps which led to investment
• What is the integrated transport system within Bristol?

  > 2nd most congested city in 2012

  > 57% of people walking and cycling (highest in UK)

  > Aim: link different public transport types.

  > Rapid transport network- 3 bus routes linking rail with park and ride

  > Train line to London electrified (under 70 mins
• what are the environmental opportunities of urban greening in Bristol?

  > 2015 EU green capital status

  > more than 1/3 is open space, 90% like within 350 metres of a park

  > 100 electric charging points in city

  > 30% of city to be tree covered, 8 nature reserves
• What is the case study for inequality within Bristol?

  Stoke bishop vs Filwood
• What is the difference in Life Expectancy between Stoke Bishop and Filwood?

  SB = 83, FW = 78
• What is the difference in housing between Stoke Bishop and Filwood?

  SB = Millionaires large Victorian villas, Filwood = 50/50 of council houses and owned
• What is the difference in GCSE top grades between Stoke Bishop and Filwood?

  SB = 94%, Filwood = 36%
• What is the difference in poverty between Stoke Bishop and Filwood?

  SB is less than 4% of children, Filwood is over 50% of children living in poverty
• What is the difference in crime between Stoke Bishop and Filwood?

  SB is less than 300/year, Filwood is 1300/year
• What is the difference in unemployment between Stoke Bishop and Filwood?

  SB is 3% and Filwood is 1/3 in 16/24 year olds
• Dereliction in Bristol?

  > Industrial buildings derelict in inner city

  > Stokes Croft (squatters and anti social behaviour)
• Building on Brownfield and Greenfield sites in Bristol?

  > 2006-13 only 6% of new housing on greenfield

  > By 2026 over 30,000 homes planned on brownfield

  > Temple meads brownfield developed well
• What is the small environmental challenge in Bristol?

  > Waste disposal

  —> Increasing recycling 50%

  —> teaching pupils in school about recycling
• What is the impact of urban sprawl on rural urban fringe (large challenge)?

  > 1955 new estates like Hartclife on edge

  > Extended to NW eg Bradley Stoke.