Geography - Urban case studies + PAPER 2 CASE STUDIES GSCE AQA

Example of economical change

London Docklands,

Example of social change

Shoreditch,

London Dockland stas

• 100,000+ new jobs created;

• property prices increased over 300% since 1980

Shoreditch statistics

• gentrification,

• increased house prices displaces older communities,

• house price rose from £200,000 to £700,000

• over 40% of residents work in tech industries

• art tours, bars, street art

environmental change example

stratford (olympic park)

Stratford

• wasteland and polluted rivers → housing, shopping centre (Westfield), new park

• improved bio diversity

• better air quality

• expensive housing

• 4000+ trees planted

• 10,000 new homes built

sustainable change

Beddington zero energy (BedZED)

BedZED

• built as an eco friendly housing community

• uses solar panels, renewable energy

• 81% reduction in energy use, 45% less water usage, zero carbon emissions

• cost a lot and space limitations

Industry in the UK - Quarrying

• provides jobs

• promotes trains and trams rather then lorriss

• nature reserves to increase wildlife diversity.

• heavy machinery leads to pollution (dust

• agriculture lost → biodiversity decrease

Industry in the UK - hydrogen

• renewable source / carbon neutral

• £320 billion to the UK’s economy

• 120 000 jobs

• hydrogen plants will require precious finite materials

Changing economic world - Nigeria

• sell oil → political influence (highest GDP in Africa)

• 70% of population are farmers - (large agriculture industry)

• literacy rate - 65.1%

• aid - NGO try improve quality of life and reduce inequalities e.g. Chrisitan aid, action aid

• oil spills, damage environment
  

tourism in Jamaica

• inaccessable

• 30% of economy is tourism

• 25% Jamaicans employed in tourism

• tourism causes quicker development - larger ports, transport links

• global reputation grows - politics, future investments

• new buildings made from concrete which release carbon dioxide when produces

• fragile ecosystem

• air pollution increases