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Urban Geography Case Study: Glasgow. This arrow will take you to the next page. Click on the circle to find out more about that area of Glasgow and its Geography!. Where you see this image you will be able to return to the map and continue to explore the city.
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Urban Geography Case Study: Glasgow This arrow will take you to the next page. Click on the circle to find out more about that area of Glasgow and its Geography! Where you see this image you will be able to return to the map and continue to explore the city. This symbol means there is a question which you can try to answer using the information you have been given.
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Braehead Shopping Centre • Braehead was the first new building along the Clyde for 50 years! • It was a brownfield site (a site which is no longer being used by industry). • Free parking and good bus links. • Undercover shops– away from horrible Scottish weather. • Pleasant environment in which to shop. • Leisure facilities attract new customers.
Employment: Ship building • Ship building developed along the River Clyde as the river was both wide and deep – and so large ships could be built and floated out to sea. • It was also close to steel factories for ship building materials. • As a result of this employment opportunity many people moved to Glasgow (Highland Clearances) to work and the city continued to grow.
Employment: Ship building • Why did Ship Building decline along the Clyde? • Huge decline in primary industries e.g. coal and steel production. • Huge decline in secondary manufacturing industries e.g. ship building, steel making. • Cheaper to import products from abroad. • More people travelling by air and road. • Increase in service industries and office jobs.
Regenerating the Clyde… Industry has the left the area…Why?
Regenerating the Clyde… Bringing employment back to the Clyde: • The Brownfield sites (sites which are no longer being used by industry) along the Clyde have been turned into hotels and tourist attractions – use the internet to find 2 specific examples. • Many modern blocks of flats have also been built – this attracts young professionals to the area as the flats are very expensive to buy. P.S. Industry moved abroad. Why?
Old Industrial Area: Govan Lots of the buildings in this area are run down. Can you think why?
Old Industrial Area: Govan • Problems in old industrial areas: • Old, poor quality housing. • Lack of open space. • Air pollution. • Decline of manufacturing industry. • Social problems: • Crime and graffiti. • Unemployment. • Ageing population. • Lack of services. • P.S. There is very little money in the area due to high unemployment rates.
Entertainment along the Clyde Entertainment Services on Brownfield sites: • Some of largest spaces along the Clyde have been redeveloped for entertainment purposes. • The Armadillo and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) attract people to the area and bring money and employment to a run down area
Technology and Business New Industry and Employment Opportunities along the Clyde: • Many hi-tech gaming companies are now based in new offices along the Clyde. This encourages money to be invested in the previously run down area. • The BBC and STV have recently moved to new buildings allow for new jobs to be created along the Clyde.
Financial Services What do you notice about the buildings?
Financial Services New, modern office spaces in an old industrial area: • New buildings have been created to allow for Financial services to move in along the Clyde and bring more employment to Glasgow. • These are currently empty due to the current financial crisis. P.S. The buildings look like ships. Why?
Old housing - Tenements • Rapid population growth during 19th and 20th century – as people came to work in heavy industry. • Tenements – 3 or 4 storey blocks of flats were built quickly and close to factories. They were more like shelters than homes. • Very basic facilities – poor ventilation led to health problems. • Whole families in a single room.
Old housing - Tenements • Shared close, back court with toilet, wash house. • Dark, damp, airless, overcrowded rooms. • Diseases such as Cholera and Typhoid were rife. • Heavy pollution from nearby factories contributed to the poor health of the working class population.
The Central Business District • Retail in the CBD of Glasgow: • Streets have been pedestrianised to make shopping easier and more enjoyable. • Easy access to the city centre via the newly refurbished subway • Modernisation of Buchanan Street • Merchant city and Prince’s Square attract high end customers (Find 2 more examples of shopping areas in Glasgow City Centre)
The Central Business District • Problems with congestion in the CBD: • Increase in car ownership means increase in pollution (air, noise and visual). • Decline in use of public transport. • Rush hour traffic and traffic jams.
The Central Business District • Tackling the problem: • One way systems have been put in place to let traffic flow easily. • Timed traffic lights to allow traffic to move easily. • Park and Ride schemes. • Improved public transport links.
Urban Question (2009) • Study Reference Photograph Q1A which shows Buchanan Galleries Shopping Centre and Photograph Q1B which shows Braehead, an out-of-town shopping centre. • Referring to Glasgow: • suggest the impact that an out of town shopping centre may have had on shopping in the traditional CBD; (6) • describe and explain the changes, other that shopping, which have taken place in the CBD over the past few decades. (8) Q1A: Q1B:
