Case Study of Newham
- Created by: Eloise Smith
- Created on: 03-06-13 11:32
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- London Borough of Newham
- Location
- 5 miles east of city of London
- North bank of River Thames
- The borough contains Stratford and Canning Town
- Level of Deprivation
- Second most deprived area in England
- Unemployment Rate in Canning Town south is 6.7%, the average in England is 3.4%
- Percentage of people who have no qualifications are 33.6%
- In Canning Town 74.6% of the people living there rent their property
- History of Area
- Was very cultural area, meaning it was main source of income
- Thousands of people moved in to take up the jobs that were created
- Within a generation industries declined, bring unemployment on a large scale
- During the war heavy bombing bought devastation to the south of borough
- New council houses were built to replace the houses that had been bombed
- Regeneration of Area
- Olympic Park contains Olympic stadium, aquatics centre, hockey centre and velopark
- Olympic Village will become home to people of Stratford.
- New Plants will be planted
- Buildings will be left for schools or public use, moved or recycled and re-used
- Jobs and Transport
- Westfield Stratford City provides over 1000 new jobs
- 600 Commercial and 500 Leisure Jobs
- 2500 jobs created by redevelopment
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Stratford International Station
- Crossrail
- Location
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