Changing urban enviroments case studies
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- Created on: 09-04-13 19:00
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- CHANGING URBAN ENVIROMENTS
- REVITALISING THE CBD- LIVERPOOL
- WAYS IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED.
- Liverpool One
- 160 new shops including designer and department stores.
- Over 1 billion pounds to build
- 5 acre park for recreational use
- Lime Street
- New trees planted improving the image
- Clear view of station facade as the old bus station (1960 - 1970 construction)was knocked as it was called ugly.
- New seating arangements
- WATERFRONT
- 2 new hotels
- New pedestrian access at the Albert Dock
- Liverpool Echo Arena
- Liverpool One
- WAYS IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED.
- SUSTAINABLE URBAN LIVING - BED ZED - FEATURES
- 100 home village in London
- Triple glazed windows
- All houses have solar panels
- Built on a Brownfield Site
- Secure bikes sheds encourage people to use bikes more.
- 60% of waste is recyled - 3 times the UK average
- 45% energy is saved by low electricity lighting.
- STRATERGIES FOR IMPROVING THE INNER CITIES - LONDON DOCKALNDS DEVOLPMENT CORPORATION
- REASONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
- Ships became to big for the Docklands therefore it became unused and closed
- 21% unemployment
- 50% of the Docklands was derelict
- 1/3 of housing is inadaquate
- ACTIONS TAKEN
- 24064 new homes built
- £7.7 billion in private sector improvements
- 144km of new roads built
- Construction of the Docklands Light Railway improving transport
- REASONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
- SHANTY TOWNS - ROCHINIA RIO
- PROBLEMS
- Transport is a major problem as the roads are mostly dirt roads and poeple cant afford bikes let alone cars so if a worker finds work in the CBD then there will be difficulity in maintaing it.
- The housing is of a very poor standard with no building regulations - health and safety. Also lack basic amenities.
- Crime has control of the shanty town not the police.
- No decent education so there is a lower chance of future generations escaping the shanty towns.
- Children as young as 6 have jobs to support the family.
- Sewage runs down the streets spreading disease.
- High population density EG mexico 50% total inhabitants live in shanty towns.
- IMPROVEMNTS
- Rain water used as tap water.
- In Rio - Barra De Tiguca, a new town was built to comabt the overcrowding
- Replacing flimsy materials with brick and concrete.
- 1000 new homes built
- Infrastructure improved EG TV channel TV ROC
- Streets were paved and lit.
- Goverments have accepted that Rochina is unlikely to go so instead of trying to get rid of i, they are aiming to improve it.
- PROBLEMS
- REVITALISING THE CBD- LIVERPOOL
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