PLYMOUTH - CHALLENGES

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Urban deprivation
- Job losses lead to: - Environmental decay (industrial buildings become derelict). - Poor health. - Lack of services. - Increase in crime. - School closures. - More shops close (spiral of decline). - People move out of area. - Houses become run down
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Inequalities
- 13 year difference in life expectancy across city. - Over 11,500 children living in poverty. - Over 1/5 of deprived households earn less than £16,000. - Huge inequalities in housing.
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Education
- In deprived areas, less than 35% chance student will get 5 or more GCSEs. - Ofstead estimates 16.7% of pupils are in 'satisfactory' or 'inadequate' primary schools.
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Health and employment
-11,000 people lost their jobs at naval dockyards in Plymouth between 1981 and 1997.-13 year difference in life expectancy across city.-Rise in families caught in cycles of no/low pay.-Large no. of people unemployed due to long-term sickness.
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Building on brownfield and greenfield sites
-Over last 10yrs, 92% of homes built were built on brownfield sites. -
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Waste management - Incinerator
- Located in Devonport. - Capacity of 245,000 tonnes a year. - Creates electrical energy to national grid, naval base and dockyard.
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Impact of urban sprawl on rural-urban fringe, and commuter settlements.
- The Urban Fringe Development Plan aims to improve landscape and green areas and to create sustainable linked communities. - Cover areas including Hemerdon, Woolwell, Roborough and Bickleigh. - Sherford has potential for 12,000 residents.
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Inequalities

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- 13 year difference in life expectancy across city. - Over 11,500 children living in poverty. - Over 1/5 of deprived households earn less than £16,000. - Huge inequalities in housing.

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Education

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Health and employment

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Building on brownfield and greenfield sites

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