Hulme, Manchester-City Challenge
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- Hulme City Challenge-Inner City Improvement Case Study
- After
- Traditional street layout returned to
- Made people feel safer as people looked onto the street
- Greener areas, whith more trees and open space
- Made the area feel cleaner and have more space for recreation
- A park was built as part of this
- Made the area feel cleaner and have more space for recreation
- More even economic spread
- Reduced the problems of the high level of poverty
- Demolished the Crescents
- Reduced all of the crime caused by them
- Conserved water
- Made the cost of living lower as water bills weren't as high
- Schools were built
- Increased education in the area, allowing the graduates to get better jobs and earn more money
- Local listened to
- Made them feel more involved in the process and therefore more likely to look after the facilites
- More energy efficient
- Made the cost of living lower as eletricity and gas bills were reduced
- Traditional street layout returned to
- Before
- Massive housing estate
- No privacy made residents uncomfortable
- 13,000 people living in one small area
- High density and overcrowded
- 13,000 people living in one small area
- High-rise crescents of flats
- No privacy made residents uncomfortable
- 13,000 people living in one small area
- High density and overcrowded
- 30x more likely to be mugged or murdered than the national average
- Made the whole area feel very dangerous
- Nowhere for children to play
- No gardens meant that they had to always stay to indoors
- High deckings were unsafe
- Became a dumping ground for 'problem families'
- Partial cause of the high crime rate
- Low wages and high rent
- Caused it to be called 'Manchester's most deprived area'
- Poor quality buildings
- Caused vermin problems and a lack of care for the area
- Massive housing estate
- Overview
- 1992-City Challenge a big initiative. Aimed to regenerate inner cities
- Involved the council, private companies and the local community in Hulme, Manchester
- After
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