changing urban environments

urban redevelopment in HIC

• location- london, now canary warf on thames
• in 1950 huge containerised ships could no longer fit into dock
• people lost jobs and could not afford houses so area became derelict
• in 1981 the LDDC improved area by 22,000 luxury flats
• water sport mania
• jobs increased by 63000 people due to shops and banks locating there
• 200000 trees planted
• jubilee line extension
• but DISADV like no community spirit, those who previously worked there cannot afford to live there anymore

sustainable redevelopment 

• location- manchester
• was built on a brown field site called cardroom hospital
• large windows to allow natural light
• metrolink 10 mins away encourages people to not drive
• 8GPs and health care to enhance quality of peoples lives
• bore holes provide 25litres per second of naturally filtered water
• 50% of domestic wasre recycled

city challenge redevelopment 

• location- manchester hulme
• before 1990 manchester has cresents to improve on the high rise flats
• but..disease spread quickly
• lifts didnt work
• no parking spaces
• no green space for children
• so in 1990 they knocked down the cresents and made smaller housing
• local schools and a new park
• views of locals were taken into consideration
• returned to traditional layout of stretford road

example of sustainble city

• location- southern brazil population of 1.8mill
• they reduce car use by biarticulate buses carrying 1.4 mill people daily, 200km of bike paths and 80% of travellers use bus resulting in 25% less car pollution
• green space means that over 1000 parks have been built in areas to reduce flooding, 1.5miill trees and every skyscraper a new greenspace is created
• they recycle 70% of rubbish, the paper recyling saves 1200 trees per day, residence exchange rubbish for food and bus tickets

improvements of CBD

• location- county town of kent 
• mall cards encourage shoppers
• pedestrianised area reduce accidents
• security cameras reduce crime
• metrobank is new
• fremlins walk from old brewery

traffic improvement scheme

• location- london 
• £8 charge of driving between 6 and 7 which encourages public transport
• charged an online fee of £100 if you dont pay
• money goes towards repairing roads and public transport
• 75000 fewer vehicles daily 
• 40-50 tonnes less fuel

living conditions in sqautter settlement and improvements

• location- nairobi kenya 60% live in slums
• 800000-1mill living with 1m2 floor space each
• 100000 oprhan children
• HIV AIDS
• only 40 families supplied with water
• pollution
• crime growing
• improvements made are self help- providing building materials
• site and service- 3 shillings for 20 litres of water
• local government- 2003 770 families rehoused