changing places case studies

• What is the resisting clone towns case study

  York
• Population of York

  210,000
• survey by the new economics foundation classified York as a potential clone town
• 60% of the shops in the city centre are chain stores in York
• What is the resisting change case study

  Totnes
• What is Totnes population

  8500
• Totnes has a Hugh proportion of independent businesses at …

  80%
• In 2012 locals in Totnes campaigned against the opening of a Costa
• 5,700 residents signed the petition to prevent Costa in Totnes (70% of the adult population)
• What is the community led project case study

  Coin Street, London
• Coin street was facing commercial development threats in the 1980s
• Coin Street community builders (CSCB) formed in 1984 and bought 13 acres of land from GLC for £1 million
• CSCB created over 220 affordable housing units
• CSCB built OXO Tower Wharf, a mixed use development
• What is the place marketing case study

  Weston Super Mare
• What is Weston Super Mares population

  82,000
• Why did Weston Super Mare decline

  Rise in overseas travel
• What was Weston Super Mares strategy

  See Weston 2015 by North Somerset Council

  Super Weston 2022
• What is the manipulation of place meaning case study

  Pembrokeshire
• What was the Pembrokeshire strategy

  In 2012, PCNPA put vintage designed posters of the county in Cardiff airport, UK railway stations and London Underground to increase tourism
• Successes in Pembrokeshire

  Posters won a lot of awards

  Over 4.2 million visitors a year

  Tourism generates £585 million a year

  18,000 jobs supported by tourism
• What is the local place case study

  Liverpool
• Where is Liverpool located

  North West England
• What is Liverpools population

  498,000
• Liverpool historically is a …

  Major port city, central to transatlantic trade
• Decline in shipping and manufacturing in the 1970s in Liverpool…

  led to severe deprivation, depopulation and dereliction
• Cultural characteristics of Liverpool

  Rich maritime history

  Home to The Beatles

  Over 60 languages spoken

  UNESCO World Heritage Site (2004-2021)
• Demographic characteristics of Liverpool

  16% BME

  Young population with median age 35
• Economic characteristics of Liverpool

  GDP - £13 bil

  1980s unemployment reached 20%

  Major employers - NHS, Universities
• What is the shopping centre in Liverpool that opened in 2008

  Liverpool ONE
• How much was invested in Liverpool ONE

  1 billion
• Who led the regeneration of Liverpool ONE

  Grosvenor Group
• Jobs, Shops and Tourism in Liverpool OnNE

  170 shops

  5,000 jobs

  Over 36 million tourists
• Footfall in Liverpool ONE increased 50%
• In what year was Liverpool ONE awarded European Capital Of Culture

  2008
• European Capital Of Culture created an economic boost of …

  4 billion
• What did the Albert Dock regeneration in Liverpool create

  Converted from derelict warehouses to cultural attractions such as Maritime Museum, Beatles Story, retail and restaurants
• Challenges in Liverpool

  38% children in poverty

  Gentrification of Baltic Triangle

  Loss of UNESCO status

  Over 11,000 on housing wait lists
• Beatles lyric as a qualitative data source

  ’Penny Lane is in my eyes and in my ears’
• IMD in Liverpool as a quantitative source

  3rd most deprived local authority in England