London Docklands
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- Created on: 31-05-16 17:01
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- London Docklands Development Corporation
- Large scale development.
- Business and government.
- Docks closed. Ship building and exports.
- Terraced housing and large warehouses.
- People left area and it became derelict.
- What did they do?
- London docklands light railways.
- City airport.
- High tech newspaper industry.
- Modern office blocks (Canary Wharf).
- Created 85'000 jobs!
- £7.7billion business invested.
- Negatives?
- Dock workers not catered for.
- Socially negative as it was not a social scheme that involved the locals.
- Dockers not qualified and houses too expensive.
- Positives?
- New homes/buildings and cleared up area.
- Jobs/businesses created.
- Large scale development.
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