geo changing places case studys

Crime in Detroit

70% of it is unsolved, 10X higher rates of crime in comparison to NYC, most dangerous city in the us 4 consecutive yrs

Years of Growth in Detorit industry

-1898,failed automobile

-1901, ford opens his first auto plant, marking the beginning of Detroit's automotive industry. QOL improved for many as had jibs that payed well, affordable cars available, detroit recognised as automobile cap

-1950, 1.85mill pop, making it americas 4th largest city

Detroit shopping district is called

Dark avenue

Population increase Detroit

1900-1930, city grew 265,000-1.5mill

Riots in Detroit when & how many died & lasted, Manu jobs

1967, 43 deaths, 5 days

-city lost 49% of manufacturing jobs

Detroit bankruptcy when, costed how much, sig

2013, 18-20bill deas, 36% pop live below the poverty line

Bham history when was the shopping centre built like 1st

1964-most modern outside of the us

when did Bham get tired

1980

example of bham firm that went out of business-what did they do

British leyland, shedded ½ of their staff

Incomes per head stat for Bham

1979-81, 2ND lowest in the uk

house clearance bham

1960, large scale

wave of redundancies-bham

1979-80, ¼ people made unemployed

how much money did the alliance in Bham spend on art

2mill-bull statue

mall contains

127 retailers 19 restaurants

bham retail space grown by how

40%

Jobs stats for bham

out of the 8000 new jobs, 70% were filled by the perviously unemployed

how many bham visitors in the year

36.5million

how many awards did bham win

7 major

Grand central-what was the programme

5yr plan, 170,000 to 240,000 Passangers, costed 750mill

race riots nh

1958 & infamous 1976 at carnival

eden project, how many visitors since, etc

20 mill, 2.2bill economy, 350 jobs/volunteers, opened 2001, 3 yrs construction

Newquay airport,

8 mill generated annually, 4 miles away from the Newquay

percentage of west Cornish villages that have access tp docs

38%

how many minutes and where to closest docs in Cornwall

benzo, 26M

seasonal Cornwall

5 mill touristsyr, 26% unemployed

media

poldark won a bafta, doc martin, fishrrman’s friends

unis

Falmouth, Newquay

remoteness of c

winter 2014, storm, cut only rail link in Devon

Ebbw vale

largest steel mine in eu 1700-1930, closed 1978