How urban change has created opportunities in Bristol
- Created by: 13mlilli
- Created on: 27-03-18 13:50
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- How has urban change created opportunities in Bristol?
- Cultural
- SPORT - Bristol Rovers FC Club
- Outside city centre = accessible
- Other Bristol sports expanding = enjoyment + health
- Bringing together different ethnicities - diverse
- Money goes back into the economy - draws ppl. to Bristol
- SHOPPING - Cabot Circus
- In city centre = quick + easy access
- 250 apartments + 4* hotel
- Modern + attractive = attracts shoppers + businesses
- Promotes tourism = encourages greater spending
- Offices + conference rooms = jobs
- SHOPPING - Bristol's Harbourside
- Regeneration of city centre
- Former workshops + warehouses = new buildings not needed (cheaper)
- Bars, night clubs, cultural venues + concert hall = jobs + leisure
- Free 3-day Harbourside Festival attracts 300,000 ppl.
- Brings together different cultures
- SPORT - Bristol Rovers FC Club
- Economic
- Empty warehouses from closure of city centre port = flats + reused for new industry
- High-tech industries
- 50 micro-electronics + silicon design businesses
- 14/15 main global aircraft companies in Bristol (eg. Rolls-Royce, Airbus)
- Filton Enterprise Area developments = hub for aviation sector
- Ministry of Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) - employs 10,000 + contributes to urban sprawl
- Home to global companies
- Aardman Animations
- Well-know for Wallace + Gromit
- Its films have won an Oscar
- Hewlett-Packard
- Toshiba
- Aardman Animations
- Cultural
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