leeds

• questions we investigated:

  1. How and why do social and economic conditions vary within leeds?
  2. How and why does environmental quality change with distance from the centre of leeds?
• globalisiation


  the growing importance of international operations for all economic sectors, and for the culture and way of life of people around the world
• privatisation


  increases foreigh direct investment from businesses wanting to invest in the uk
• deglobalisation


  withdraw of some globalised activities
• flux


  a state of rapid change
• TNC's

  • transnational corporations, a company that operates in more than one country
  • eg, mcdonalds
  • cheap goods (cheap labour)
  • poor working conditions
  • owners of modern technology
• situation


  the situation of a place is a description of its location in relation to other places
• How is leeds culturally connected with the country?

  • leeds playhouse
  • first direct arena
  • leeds united
  • headingley
  • leeds rhinos
  • leeds university
  • gb triathalon
  • leeds fest
• How is leeds economically connected with the rest of the country?

  • asda hq
  • ghd hq
  • trinity
  • jet 2 hq
  • retail
• How is leeds environmentally connected with the rest of the country?

  • pennines
  • river aire
  • river wharfe
  • yorkshire dales
• How does transport connect leeds with the rest of the country?

  • dalesway walk
  • leeds bradford airport
  • east coast mainline
  • leeds liverpool canal
  • m1
  • m62
  • leeds train station
• regional links

  • leeds bradford airport
  • tour de france
  • arla dairies
  • first direct hq
• global links

  • headingley
  • leeds united
  • leeds international piano festival
  • leeds international flim festival
  • leeds university
  • tour de france
• deindustrialisation


  the process whereby manufacturing industry is replaced by tertiary industry or dereliction
• depopulation


  reduction in the population of an area
• decentralisation


  people and functions move out of city centre towards the suburbs/fringe
• e-commerce


  online retail activity
• urban redevelopment in holbeck

  • regeneration of the holbeck area
  • more jobs in construction sector
  • uses derelict land rather than greenfield land
  • long term residents have to move out
  • excludes poorer residents of leeds
• leeds live it love it rebranding

  • marketing to change the image of leeds with slogans, logos
  • overpopulation
  • increases pride and a sense of wellbeing
  • more jobs
  • attracts tourists who bring spending power
• why has otley changed?

  • population growth (overspill)
  • rise in demand for housing
  • rise in car ownership allows people to commute to leeds for work
• Transport links in Leeds

  • M1 connects Leeds with London
  • M62 connects it with Manchester and Hull
  • East Coast Mainline which links Leeds with London in 2hr 11min
  • Leeds Bradford Airport
• Many migrants are now coming to Leeds inner city area
• Economic-Financial and business Service in leads is the second most important after londan
• many migrants are now coming to leads inner city areas Such as harehills, most of them are young adults, this puts pressure on housing, transport and education however they bring cultural benefits ag, diwali Ights, restaurants however it can also cause racial tensions
• this means that in the inner city there are highest levels of unemployment due to lower skilled workers losing sabs due to deindustrialisation
• education levels are high in suburbs and inner cities with universities eg, headingly but low in most other places
• health and air pollution low
• Holbeck suffered significant decline due to deindustrialisation
• Industial buildings and warehouses have been demolished because leeds got a motorway which makes it easier for cars to bypass holbeck
• adel

  • low employment
  • 9k from leeds cbd
  • sprawl
  • used to be farmland
• hyde park

  • increase in areas population becoming students
  • close to universities
• cbd

  • congestion, traffic
  • new vuildings
  • urban development corporations
  • expensive housing
• overall, the inner city is the most deprived, rural urban fringe and other rural areas are less deprived
• employment is lower in the inner city due to less experence and more students
• education is highest in suburbs bue to more students and more big universities
• we made our data reliable by asking 4 people split by age and gender in each area with our questionnaires so it was representative of what each category thought
• we used the burgess theory that most cities are in rings according to housing type and as you get closer to the cbd, quality of life deacreases
• ways to analyse data

  • mapping
  • clustering
  • graphs
  • quote figures
  • explain the data
• how to do a summary

  • summarise key findings and provide explanations based on data
  • clear and supported by evidence
  • evaluate advantages and disadvantages
  • accurate with geographical terms
• we used stratified sampling