Case Study: Bristol

Name 3 factors that make Bristol an important city

• 2nd largest silicon chip manufacturer outside California

• Two large universities

• Uk’s 8th largest most popular city

• Home to creators like Wallace and Gromit

Where is Bristol located?

In south-west England, north-west of Wales and east of the Bristol channel

What transport does Bristol have which makes it an important international city?

• Directly next to major M4 motorway

• Two major docks

•Bristol airport

• Ferry services to Europe

Name an example of a global industry that Bristol has:

• Aerospace

• Media

•Defence Procurement Agency

How can universities make Bristol internationally important?

By attracting international students

Name three opportunities of the impact of migration:

• Hard-working workforce

•Enriching city’s cultural life

•Young migrants balance ageing population

What challenges can occur with migration?

• Increase in housing prices(as housing provision cannot keep up with population)

•Teaching children whose first language is not English

Name 4 changes that are evident in Bristol:

•Increasing population

•More ethnically diverse

•Good transport links

•Over 2 million live within 5km of the city

How did Cabot Circus come into development?

When the retail park at Cribbs Causeway affected the outdated Broadway shopping development

How much did it cost to redevelop Cabot Circus.

£500 million

What takes 2/3 of the floor space of Cabot Circus?

Shops and leisure Facilities

Name the 4 other features of Cabot Circus:

• Offices

• A cinema

• A hotel

• 250 apartments

How did Bristol improve their sport facilities?

By developing a new stadia on the outskirts of the city which includes a range of leisure and conferences facilities.

Why did the Bristol Harbourside become redeveloped:

You could've said:

•Decline of the secondary industry

• Cargo could no longer fit

What is now in the Bristol Harbourside?

Bars, nightclubs, an art gallery, a museum and more

What has Bristol been doing to improve their environment?

• Improving energy efficiency

• Increase the use of renewable energy

• Reducing water pollution

• Establishing Air Quality plan

• Increasing the use of brownfield sites

What dors ITS stand for?

Integrated Transport System

True or false: Bristol’s Rapid Transit Network links 4 bus routes to the railway station, the park and Ride sites

False: Only 3 bus routes are linked.

How has the railway line go London become more greener and reliable?

By electrification

What id Bristol aim to double by 2020

The number of cyclists

What is urban greening?

Increasing the and preserving open spaces in urban areas.

What used to be a dual carriageway and is bow an open space with cycling routes?

Queen Square

What part of a third of Bristol is open space?

1/3

What two changes caused environmental challenges in Bristol?

• Movement of port downstream

• Rapidly increasing population

Name 2 examples of what environmental challenges have been created in Bristol

• Derelict industrial buildings

• urban sprawl on rural-urban fringe

• Building on brownfield and greenfield sites

What are the problems in Stoke Croft?

• Derelict housing

• Squatters, riots and antisocial behaviour

What is being done to improve Stokes Croft?

• Lottery grants

• Activists and artists revitalising the area

Why does Bristol need new housing?

• Rapidly growing population

• Demolition of older slum dwellings

Where has the urban sprawl extended to?

North-West of the city

True or false: Between 2006 and 2013, on 2% of housing development was built on greenfield land

False: It was 6%

How is developing the Bristol Harbourside reducing urban sprawl?

It is on a brownfield site and not compromising greenfield land.

Name 3 ways Bristol reduces their waste disposal:

• Non-recyclable waste is used to generate electricity

•Increased the amount of waste recycling to 50%

• Generated income from recycled materials sent to processing plants

How many people die prematurely form air pollution? (estimated)

200 people

Name 3 actions that improved the air quality:

• Walking an cycling route to city centre - Frome Gateway

• Electric Vehicle program

• Smartphone app about public transport, services, connections and delays

True or False: The life expectancy in Filwood is 78 years old.

True, it is lower than the UK average

How much of people are unemployed in Stoke Bishop?

Only 3% of people are unemployed

True or false 94% of 16-year-olds got the highest grades in 5 or more GCSEs. (Stoke Bishop)

True

In what age range of people are apart of the 1/3 of unemployed people? (Filwood)

Age range of 16-24

The death rates of what disease are above the UK average? (in Filwood)

Cancer

Complete the sentence: In Filwood, homes are owner occupied or are rented from ______ and are_____insulated. in Stoke Bishop, _____ of housing is owner occupied.

In Filwood, homes are owner occupied or are rented from -the city council- and are -poorly- insulated. in Stoke Bishop, -81%- of housing is owner occupied.

How many homes were built on Harry Stoke and how many more were planned to be built by the end of 2017? (Greenfield)

1200

State 2 disadvantages of building on brownfield sites:

•Expensive to build on

•Site may be contaminated form previous industrial use

State the three reasons why the Temple Quater Regeneration needed to happen:

•Very run down

•Bad first impression fromthose driving in from the south or south-east

•Former industrial area

What status was given to Temple Quarter?

Enterprise Status

State 2 ways access from in and aound Bristol was improved:

•Improvements to Temple Meads Station

•Improved road layout w/ links to transit networks and Bristol-Bath cycle path

What was being built to give access to the new Bristol Arena?

A bridge

What is the new office develoment called?

Glass Wharf

By 2037, what is the target of new jobs to be created?

17000

What has the Temple Meads Station become?

A modern transport hub.

What will the new £300M University Campus be free off?

Cars and carbon neutral