The London Docklands

The London Docklands are an area located in Central London, SE England, West of ______.

Greenwhich

The docklands are located on a large meander of the Thames and are aprox. __km²

22

The LDDC was a ______ set up to develop the dockland areas

QuaNgo

The LDDC was set up in ____ by Margret Thatcher's government.

1981

The main aims of the LDDC were to improve ____, economic and social conditions in the area.

physical

Pre WW_, the docklands were a booming industry, however the dock workers saw hardly any of the wealth from trades.

2

WW2 saw heavy bombing of the docklands in order to try and harm the economy of the UK by preventing trade. When the area was rebuilt, people were moved into _____ ________, but they soon saw how little they had been considered.

prefab towerblocks

The 70’s saw innovations such as ________ and this meant that ships became bigger and could no longer access the docklands, which were moved toward Kent.

containerisation

Since the docks had moved East toward Kent, many of the residents were trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, since there was a lack of _______ in the area.

opportunities

By the 80’s the docklands area was deprived and so the _____ was set up.

LDDC

After the dissipation of the LDDC, the area became more and more ____, as the gentrified, wealthy areas grew, forcing out more and more residents

divided

In 2018, Brexit was announced, and many of the __ companies that had set up offices in the area began to leave. This left many office buildings vacant. And the multiplier effect from wealthy office workers declined.

EU

The arrival of ______ only worsened the lack of spending in the area

Covid

Actions: The LDDC improved transport links by creating the A13, the Docklands ___ __, and Lindon City Airport.

light rail

Actions: Investment in the area attracted many businesses such as ITV, and the daily ____. This initiates the multiplier effect and supplies jobs for the less well educated in the service industry.

Telegraph

Actions: Many towerblocks were demolished and replaced with low-rise housing and over ________ new homes were built.

20,000

A failure of the new housing was that it meant the area had become ______, as the previous residents could not afford the new luxury houses that their homes were replaced by.

gentrified

Another failure was that ___-_____ investment meant that the opinions and needs of local people were not considered.

top-down

The community became extremely economically and ______ divided, with signs of conflict such as grafitti and protests beginning to rise

socially

A success of the LDDC was that improved transport links meant that the dockland area was no longer so _____ from the rest of London and job-seeking became easier.

isolated

The Docklands area also became home to the UK’s Largest tree planting scheme with over 200,000 trees planted and ____ ha of open space created

130

Wealthier residents lead to an increase in car ownership and therefore higher emissions and poorer ___ _______.

air quality

Due to the high socioeconomic imbalance, inflation was rapid and the price of bread _____. This meant that the poorest became even more deprived.

tripled