Cards (17)

  • 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.