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Urban Decay and Urban Renewal

Urban Decay and Urban Renewal. Standard Grade Geography The Human Environment. What is urban decay?.

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Urban Decay and Urban Renewal

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  1. Urban Decay and Urban Renewal Standard Grade Geography The Human Environment

  2. What is urban decay? One of the biggest problems of towns today is the poor condition of the old inner city areas. These have run-down housing, closed factories, pollution and vandalised, crumbling buildings. This is called urban decay.

  3. What problems and solutions can you see in the video clip?

  4. What problems does urban decay cause? It causes economic (money), social (people) and environmental (our surroundings) problems. Examples of urban decay are – • Slum housing - with outside toilets, overcrowding, no hot water or central heating • Many buildings have been poorly built and now have leaking roofs, draughty windows and crumbling stonework • Empty buildings are vandalised; gap sites where buildings have been knocked down turn into derelict land • As the factories and housing have been in the same areas air, noise and water pollution have been common

  5. 1 3 6 4 7 2 5 9 8 1 = Old housing 2 = Crime & Vandalism 3 = Disused factories 7= High Prices 8 =Unemployment 9 =Homelessness 4 = Traffic congestion 5 = Litter and rubbish 6 = Pollution

  6. Broken windows Plants growing out of cracks Graffiti Disused factory buildings Bricks crumbling Boarded up windows

  7. Broken windows Run down housing Graffiti

  8. Overcrowding High unemployment High crime rate Add labels to your diagram to show urban decay

  9. What is urban renewal? Town councils have tried many ways of solving the problems of urban decay. They have tried to make the towns better places in which to live. This is called urban renewal (improving the condition of the town).

  10. Examples of urban renewal Some examples of how town councils have improved the inner city: • Replaced tenements with high rise flats • Renovating existing houses • Encouraging new businesses and industry to set up in area • Improve the environment with landscaping • Building or improving social facilities

  11. New high rise flats replace tenements Old tenements are renovated

  12. Case Study 1: The London Docklands The problems

  13. New shops Built the Light Railway to link the docklands to the city Created parks and green areas Opened up new leisure facilities London Docklands – The solutions Created new jobs New houses built in warehouses, council housing renovated Built new office blocks Financial and hi-tech industries attracted to the area

  14. Try and identify the problems and solutions in the video clip?

  15. Case Study 1: The London Docklands Answer the following questions using “Wider World Foundations” p32-33 1.a) What is redevelopment? b) What is regeneration? 2. Why were Urban Development Corporations set up? 3. Study map A. What were the main problems facing the London Dockland area in 1981? Write your answers under the following headings: shopping, industry, transport, employment, housing, open spaces. 4. What have the London Docklands Development Corporations done to solve the problems of urban decay? Write a detailed paragraph. 5. Was the urban renewal a complete success? Give reasons for your answer.

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