Birmingham rapid urbanisation

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What problem is caused by the inner city being regenerated?
More and more people want to live in the city who work in the CBD
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What have birmingham done to solve the housing problem?
areas are being redeveloped by the Urban living scheme
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What areas are the houses being improved?
Lozells and Birchfield
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Why was birminghams inner city identified as one of the 39 most deprived inner city in england?
lacked health services, had a bad image. young people struggled to find jobs, no access to internet for students
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How much money was spent on setting up the Aston Prode Community Health centre?
£400,000
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What helped young people to get a job?
a work experience programme was set up
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What did they do to improve the image of the inner city?
rebranded it, eastide as 'learning and tecology quarter' new leisure and cultural attractions attracting development and employment
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Why do people from the same background live in the same areas?
speak the same languauge, close to a specific place of worship, houses may be cheaper
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What does COFSS stand for?
Community Outreach Family Support Service
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What does COFSS do?
work together with local people to create services that meet specific needs like having info in different languages
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Where do COFSS work?
community centres, mosques and schools
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Why is traffic a problem?
with more and more cars it cause congestion and pollution which then affects peoples health
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How did they solve the traffic problem?
park and ride, bus lanes, car shares, tramline and congestion charges
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Why is birminghams CBD a problem?
used to be big on engineering and jewellery but shut down, now nobody wants to live ther or visit it
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What shopping centre did birmingham decide to bring back to improve the CBD?
the bull ring
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What effect did the bull ring have?
lots of shops returned meaning that the citys economy has boosted, and attracts tourists because of the interesting design
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How much money was spent on improving the canal and jewellery quarter?
£400 million
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