London Docklands Case Study
- Created by: William Whittington
- Created on: 19-10-14 15:49
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- London Docklands
- Why did it decline?
- Industrial Decline
- The growth of services, which signaled the encroachment
- The loss of jobs in small, labour intensive firms, a consequene of changes in production.
- The decline of the larger firms in the manufacturing and transport sectors, such as the docks and the dock-related industries
- Population Decline
- The population declined as the young, better educated and better off moved away.
- In some cases the replacement population was from overseas. The Docklands has traditionally been an area of new immigrant settlement.
- The population declined as the young, better educated and better off moved away.
- The new immigrant population was vulnerable to social and economic problems.
- Industrial Decline
- Where is the Docklands?
- The Docklands extends eastwards from London Bridge to the Royal Docks at Beckton.
- The docks were formerly part of the Port of London, at one time the world's largest port.
- How effective was regeneration?
- Economic
- Positive
- Unemployment has fallen with cases of a doubling in employment.
- Transport revolution - Docklands Light Railway in 1987, carry's 35,00 people a week.
- £7.7 billion in private sector investment.
- 2,7000 businesses trading
- The City airport built in the former Royal Docks will bring 500,00+ passengers a year.
- The attraction of financial and high tech terms, and the TV studios and newspapers have offices in Canary Wharf.
- Positive
- Social
- Positive
- £10 million spent on improvement council and housing association homes
- A total of 22,000 new homes built
- Conversion and gentrification of old warehouses to new homes.
- New shopping centre built including a 4,600 sq meters ASDA.
- Large new shopping centre with over 30 shops.
- £100 million spent on health, education, jobs
- Positive
- Environmental
- Positive
- Network of pedestrian and cycle routes through the area with access to the river and dock edge through waterside walkways.
- Creation of pedestrian bridges and open spaces of 150 ha
- Water based Ecology Park and London's first bird sanctuary at East India Dock Basin. One of 17 conservation areas.
- Planting of 200,000 trees
- The area has got awards for architecture, conservation and landscaping.
- Positive
- Negatives
- The improvements did not aid the original 'Eastenders'
- Locals were unable to afford the house prices.
- Despite a job increase, most required the skills that the ex-dockers didn't have.
- Economic
- Why did it decline?
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