CAMBRIDGE

• Cambridge location


  • UK, England, East Anglia, Cambridgeshire, Northeast of London, Southwest of North Sea, South of the Wash
• Cambridge population


  • 1.5% between 20-30, more males than females
• Cambridge transport links


  • A14 road to Felixstowe and Leicestershire, M11 motorway links to London, Railway links to Oxford and London (STN), Airport links to London, Leeds, Belfast, Glasgow
• Cambridge features

  • Education - Russel group world renound university, science park, quaternary jobs
  • Travel - bike city, bike theft, punts on river
  • Culture - many markets and restaurants (mill road)
  • Communications - good links to London and other counties
• Why migrate to Cambridge

  • World class university, many collages
  • Cutting edge research facilities
  • Successful business attracts highly qualified people
  • Entrepreneurs see opportunities in the market
• University students make up to £50 billion and 150000 jobs
• Impacts of migrants to Cambridge - Pros

  • Enriching culture - music, food
  • Providing hardworking and motivated workforce
  • Improving level of skill
  • Contributing to local and national economy
• Impacts of migrants to Cambridge - Cons

  • Pressures on housing and employment
  • Challenge of integrating into wider community
  • Need to provide education for non-English-speaking kids
• Silicon fen


  Tech centre in Cambridge
• Urban change - opportunities

  • City centre is car free
  • Guided buss way
  • More ethnically diverse population
  • More towns being built
  • Frequent trains (20 minutes)
  • Urban greening
  • High level jobs due to university
• Social inequality - the same facilities aren't equally shared - housing, employment, health, education
• Newnham


  • Average house price of 677000
  • Life expectancy m85 f94
  • 0.3% are unemployed
  • 5.9 rooms avg per house
  • 64% get 5+ at GCSE
  • 40% of houses are owned
  • 57% are professionals
• Abbey


  • Average house price of 344000
  • Life expectancy m79 f88
  • 1.5% are unemployed
  • 4.9 rooms avg per house
  • 34% get 5+ at GCSE
  • 17% of houses are owned
  • 27% are professionals
• Rural-Urban fringe

  Where city meets countryside
• Urban sprawl


  Unplanned expansion of urban areas to Rural-Urban fringe
• Why Cambridge needs more houses

  • New job opportunities in area
  • University and schooling opportunities
  • Student numbers increasing
  • Shortage of affordable housing
  • Good communications, close to london
  • Higher mortality rates, people living longer
  • People living alone more
• Why Rural-Urban fringe in demand

  • Land is cheaper at outskirt of town
  • More people are living alone for longer
  • Less traffic congestion and pollution
  • Faster access/better road infrastructure
  • Pleasant environment with more open space
• CB1 - why good for regeneration

  • Derelict buildings - build on brownfield - disused flower mill
  • Good communications - train station, guided busway
  • Expanding business in quaternary
• Negative effects of regeneration

  • Social - residents get flooded with people, more traffic congestion, Antisocial behaviour
  • Economic - house pricing and cost of living increase
  • Environmental - noise and air pollution, Constant use of area
• Positive effects of regeneration

  • Social - commuters can easily travel to London; locals can easily get around
  • Economic - local shops will enrich culture, more people coming into shops, locals employed in generation
  • Environmental - more green spaces, artwork, restored buildings
• Grand Arcade - urban regeneration project

  • Was two rows of shops
  • Built a roof and two more storeys
• Guided busway - urban regeneration project

  • Disused railway
  • Improved accessibility to Cambridge and reduced traffic congestion
• Edge of town location

  • Less traffic
  • Room to expand
  • Cheaper land
  • Transport links
  • Encourages counter urbanisation
• Cambridge science park


  • 130 companies
  • In Cambridge - near university
  • Transport links - M11 London