Urban renewal

Cards (3)

  • What's an economic factor that drove urban renewal in east london?
    High unemployment - due to the closure of the docklands in 1981, over 12,000 jobs were lost, as a result in some parts of east london, 60% of adult men were unemployed in 1981
  • What's a social factor that drove urban renewal in east london?
    A high percentage of the population had limited qualifications
  • What's an environmental factor that drove urban renewal in east london?
    The docks were left unused and derelict - it became a drosscape
    Soils were contaminated and waterways were heavily polluted