London Dockland regeneration scheme
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- London docklands regeneration
- changes 1981 to 1998
- 200,000 trees planted
- 760ha of derelict land reclaimed
- 17 conservation areas set up
- 150ha of space created
- lightrailway opened in 1987 to cut journey time to london by 20 minutes
- general
- newham council built low-cost,affordable houses
- current housing improved and services upgraded
- conservation groups planted trees
- local residents cannot afford the expensive flats built by property developers
- Docklands had high amounts of economic activity in the 19th and early 20th century
- deocklands began to decliner from 1960s onwards
- social regeneration
- over 24,000 new homes
- former warehouse converted into luxery flats
- new shopping centre developed
- £100m spent on health,education, job training and community programmes
- by 1998 2700 businesses were trading in the docklands
- economic regerneration
- unemployment fell from 14.2% 7.4%
- city airport built in former dockland
- jubilee underground extension opened providing access to waterloo
- improved transport links
- changes 1981 to 1998
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