Deindustrialisation of Bristol
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- Created on: 23-02-21 21:17
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- Deindustrial-isation of Bristol
- What is Deindustrial-isation?
- The decline of a country's traditional manufacturing industry due to exhaustion of raw materials, loss of markets and competition from NEEs
- Why did Bristol need redeveloping?
- Bristol's docks went into near terminal decline
- Competition with other larger docks such as Avon Mouth
- Closure of several industries around the docks
- Lots of social and economic inequalities and unemployment almost at 20% and more than 50% of children on free school meals
- Several empty but listed buildings
- The impact of deindustrial-isation on Bristol
- In 2010 Imperial Tobacco closed its last factory in Bristol since it could be produced cheaper in other countries
- In 2011 the Cadbury plant in Bristol was closed by the US company Kraft which brought out the company in 2010
- 400 jobs were lost when the factory closed. The chocolate is now being made in Poland and brought 1,200 miles to the UK
- Effects environment through food milage
- Loss of jobs has a negative social and economic effects
- 400 jobs were lost when the factory closed. The chocolate is now being made in Poland and brought 1,200 miles to the UK
- What was done to tackle deindustrial-isation?
- Evaluation
- Positives
- Over 500 million of inward investment
- Over 3000 new jobs
- A mixed commercial environment
- One of the best redevelop-ments in the UK
- Negatives
- Concerns as to how well it would do during a recession
- Millennium is useless and does not improve traffic congestion
- Positives
- Redeveloped the harbour which encourages TSB to relocate there head quarters which prompts investment
- Funded with private and public money including lottery money
- The area is now one of the most redeveloped projects in Europe
- The ** Great Britain was restored as part of the development to attract tourists
- Evaluation
- What effect did economic change have on Bristol
- The change from a largely industrial based city with a large percentage of workers in the secondary sector to quaternary and tertiary has caused an increase in inequality
- This is because many people who worked in industries will have lost their jobs and will have not been able to find new work
- This causes inequality and a decline in quality of life for that segment of the population
- This is because many people who worked in industries will have lost their jobs and will have not been able to find new work
- The change from a largely industrial based city with a large percentage of workers in the secondary sector to quaternary and tertiary has caused an increase in inequality
- What is Deindustrial-isation?
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