Geography- Retail and Urban Development

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Redevelopment of City Centres

Case Study: Cardiff

Transport:

  • Park and Ride
  • Bus & Cycle Lanes
  • More Carparks

Shopping:

  • St Davids 2
  • Pedestrianisation of Queen Street
  • Cardiff City Retail Park

Education:

  • Atriam Centre
  • New University 
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Impacts of St Davids Redevelopment

Local People:

  • Positive: New Attractions, Shops, More Jobs
  • Negatives: Busy, More Congestion- traffic

Taxi Drivers:

  • Positive: more business
  • Negative: More traffic- less business 

Environmentalist: 

  • Positive: Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites
  • Negative: Increase in CO2, lack of space

Counsellor: 

  • Positive: Positive Multiplier Effect
  • Negative: Expensive Project
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BrownField and GreenField

Brownfield- redevelopment on old urban areas.

Greenfield- Building on new site

BROWNFIELD:

  • Positive: Fresh Start, Accessible
  • Negative: Non-sustainable, need water and electricity supply

GREENFIELD:

  • Positive: Sustainable, improves image
  • Negative: House prices increase in inner city, Land may be contaminated
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Improving Night Time Activity:

Case Study: Bareclona, Spain

  • Places with high crime rate have been redeveloped with Bars and Restaurants
  • Signs asking motorists to drive quietly
  • Ban mopeds in the evening
  • New by laws introduced (On the spot fines) for antisocial behaviour, drunk and disorderly, and vandalism
  • Hose and clean streets every night
  • Increase visual police on the streets
  • run down and derelict areas have been modernised and developed.
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Impacts of Supermarkets

POSITIVES:

  • All goods are in one place
  • Accessible
  • Open long hours
  • Child Friendly
  • Online click + collect
  • Wide range of products

NEGATIVES:

  • Built on Greenfield sites
  • Local shops lose business
  • Always busy
  • Exploit local farmers
  • Large carbon Footprints by transporting products
  • Wasted packaging 
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Strategy for City Centre to Fight Back

Case Study: Shrewsbury

  • Improved Signage
  • Improved Parking - Park and Ride
  • Open Sunday Mornings
  • More Pedestrianised 
  • Modern Shop Fronts
  • More toilets, bins and places to eat
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Internet Shopping

POSITIVES:

  • Cheaper Products
  • Greater Range
  • Accessible From Home
  • Easy Returns
  • Click and Collect

NEGATIVES:

  • Fraud
  • Delivery Time
  • Delivery Costs
  • Van Drivers - CO2
  • Unsociable
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Location for Retail Parks/Supermarkets

  • Accessible from Main Roads
  • Large open space - room for expansion
  • Area needs to be flat
  • Edge of the city close to workforce/customers
  • Next to other attractions
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Global Spending- Global Impact

Case Study: Roses, Kenya

POSITIVES:

  • PME- Creates jobs
  • More disposable income
  • Taxes
  • Reinvestment
  • Image

NEGATIVES:

  • Long hours, less than $1  a day
  • Poor Health and Safety
  • Workers have few rights
  • Child labour 
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Environmental Impacts- Global Impacts

NEGATIVES:

Scottish Shrimps: Caught in Scotland, Processed in Asia, Sold in the UK

  • Creates a large carbon footprint, transporting and freezing

Tobacco Farms: Causing deforestation to make room, use valuable land farmers need for food, destroying wildlife

Supermarkets:  Open 24/7, Large carbon footprint, freezers and lights always on, food rules, plastic bags (litter)

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