Boscombe
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 14-05-14 11:10
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- Boscombe
- spiral of decline
- negative perception to little tourist activity
- unemployment 7.8% compared to 3.4% in Bournemouth
- low house prices
- in top 2% in England of social deprivation and community deprivation (including mental health, drug use, crime rates and anti-social behaviour
- how has Boscombe been rebranded
- £11.3 million spent on tuning the large seaside carpark into apartments
- this regeneration add £41 million to Boscome, attract wealthy residents as well as holiday makers
- surf reef
- Europe's first
- cost £3 million
- surfing is a year round activity but this especially extends the season from September to April
- Europe's first
- £2.8 million on pier
- attracts tourists for a beach holiday
- won pier of the year in 2010
- multiplier effect
- many business opportunities such as surf schools, places that sell or rent boards and cafes
- café bar culture
- £11.3 million spent on tuning the large seaside carpark into apartments
- evidence for success
- house prices risen by 25%
- model for coastal development
- 91 permanent jobs
- 42% decrease in anti-social behaviour
- 32% increase in tourists
- pier of the year in 2010
- won a green tourism award
- sustainable project
- evidence for failure
- the surf reef is only appropriate for advance suffers when the surf is good
- damaged by boat propeller and so it out of action
- company who built the reef have gone into liquation
- didn't target social regeneration only economic
- spiral of decline
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