Edexcel geography regeneration

1. Successful places

2. Successful Places
• A successful place is one with high levels of
employment, output (in terms of the value of what
they produce), in migration and quality of life. They
also have low levels of deprivation.
• These factors can be found in urban and rural areas
within a place.
• Government strategies have been effective in these
areas to help improve the place. E.g. London
Docklands Development Co-operation or 2012
Olympic regeneration of East London.

3. New industry enters or the
expansion of an existing
firm.
More jobs created
(particularly in construction
and infrastructure),
purchasing power
increases.
Enlarged pool of trained
labour.
Demand for services
increases – shops, schools
and hospitals.
Population rises
(immigration); more local
wealth.
Spending power increases
with improved tax revenue
and enlarged consumer
base.
Tertiary sector grows and
new construction work
starts.
Area functions as a growth
pole.
Innovation and invention.
Linked industries are
attracted.
Companies supplying raw
materials or components
(backwards linkages).
Companies processing the
product or using it as a
component (forward
linkages).

4. Myrdal’s
cumulative
causation
model
Task: Sort your cards into a flow
diagram.
Extension: Explain what impacts this
cycle might have on the housing
market.

5. New industry enters or the
expansion of an existing
firm.
More jobs created
(particularlyin construction
and infrastructure),
purchasing power increases.
Enlarged pool of trained
labour.
Demand for services
increases – shops, schools
and hospitals.
Population rises
(immigration); more local
wealth.
Spending power increases
with improved tax revenue
and enlarged consumer
base.
Tertiary sector grows and
new construction work
starts.
Area functions as a growth
pole.
Innovation and invention.
Linked industries are
attracted.
Companies supplying raw
materials or components
(backwards linkages).
Companies processing the
product or using it as a
component (forward
linkages).

6. Successful Places
• What could a down side be of a place becoming so
successful?

7. Successful Places
• Problems of places becoming too successful
include;
• Two tier economy (‘have’s and have nots’).
• Expensive housing not affordable to the have nots who
cant afford to live in the area.
• Housing shortages as people want to live in the areas.
• Congestion on small roads not suited for the high
volumes of traffic) and public transport.
• Skill shortage that may need to be plugged by foreign in
migrants.

8. Case Study: M4 Corridor
• Article HERE
• Use the handout
on Showbie to
make notes on
this case study.

9. Past Question – your choice
B/C
• In your opinion what is
the main reason that
makes the region
successful?
• Explain why you think
this and justify your
decision with evidence.
A*/A
• Assess the challenges
faced by growing
regions.