Olympic park

What was the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park like before

Old factories, industial estates, derelict, contaminated soils

What is Olympic park like now?

Landscaped park, natural habitats, sustainable residential communities

Social and economic changes that have taken place in the 2012 regeneration

Athletes village converted into new homes, 5 new residential communities to be built, close to bus routes and local stations

Impact of cities on the environment

Energy-most energy from burning fuels

Pollution can spread beyond the city in air or water

Food is imported

What does the term sustainable city mean

One that can need its needs without making it more difficult for future generations to meet their needs

Shoreditch before

Run down inner city area with factories and warehouses, people moving out

Shoreditch now

Old industrial buildings converted into flats and offices, jobs in new creative industries, high tech companies around Old street roundabout

Why did London docks decline

New container ships were being used & docks were no longer large enough to hold them.

Competition arose from coastal ports & air transport.

Why have new industries like finance grown?

The government set up the London docklands development corporation to regenerate the docks through attracting private investment

Example of docks regeneration

Canary Wharf- many office buildings and international banks

Why is there a need for improved transport

Increasing number of passengers

Limited space to park and congestion

What transport improvements are planned

Cross rail - new east west link across longing to increase number of passengers and reduce journey times

Benefits of 'green' cities

Trees clean the air, reducing the effect of global warming

Reduce danger of flooding and help people keep healthy eg sport

Building on brownfield sites

Reduces need for urban sprawl, better public transport , but soil is contaminated and old buildings need to be demolished so expensive

Building on greenfield sites

Cheaper, no demolition but increases urban sprawl and valuable farmland is lost

What was Olympic park like before

Site was derelict and overgrown, deprived area of London, industries gone