Edexcel geography regeneration

1. Views and conflicts about
priorities for regeneration

2. What is your view on what has
happened here in Hull?
• What has happened on the Thornton Estate.
• Here 20.41 (Britain's home truths ep 1)

3. How different representations of places
influence the perceived need for regeneration.

4. How different representations of places
influence the perceived need for regeneration.
Source Reliability / influence on need for regeneration
National
Newspapers
Local Newspapers
TV news reports
Blogs May represent the loudest voice and not the silent majority
YouTube clips
Estate Agents
Graffiti

5. What changes have taken place for
high rise terrace flats in London?
• Home Truths HERE from 29.45 to 32.00
• Look out for the views of residents to living in some
of these tower blocks.

6. What is the cause of different
views about regeneration?
1. Political engagement and representation
Political view points and political involvement in politics will dictate
what opinions people hold over regeneration.
2. Ethnic Tensions
Different ethnic groups don’t always mix and as a result the
tensions between groups often escalates into rioting.
HERE from 26.29
3. Inequality
People from different social backgrounds, with different levels of
inequality would hold different views on regeneration.
4. Lack of economic opportunity
People differ in terms of what they want to see depending upon the
level of economic opportunities, or lack of them.

7. Toxteth Riots, Liverpool
• 1981 riots
• Watch this from 33.30 (Home Truths ep 2) and
write down what were the main issues that caused
the riots.

8. South Bank redevelopment –
1980’s
• What were the different opinions of different stake
holders on how the area should be regenerated?

9. • After seven years of campaigning and two public enquiries the Coin
Street Action Group was able to purchase land on the South Bank in
1984. The then Greater London Council (GLC) had supported the
initiative during the campaign by funding the Action Group to undertake
feasibility studies and development work (which was eventually turned
into a loan and repaid once the group was successful in purchasing the
land).
• This enabled the residents to shape their own vision for the
neighbourhood, work with architects and other building professionals to
submit for planning permission, develop viable financial and business
models, and to participate fully in the public enquiry processes. After
the second public enquiry both the community and private schemes
gained planning permission and the Coin Street Action Group turned its
attention to acquiring the land. They worked with local borough councils
and the GLC
• to put in place planning controls for the area to limit the commercial
value of the land. This helped to prevent private developers speculating
with land values in the area and reduced the viability of the private
scheme. With the value of the land now reduced from £4m to £1m, the
GLC, before its abolition by the Thatcher government, acquired the land
from the developers and local authorities and sold it on to Coin Street
Community Builders (CSCB), a non-profit-distributing limited company
set up by the Coin Street Action Group to purchase the land and take
the development forward.
• CSCB borrowed money to finance the deal including a combination of
funding from the GLC and the Greater London Enterprise Board, as well
as private mortgages.

10. Lower Falinge Estate, Rochdale

11. Lower Falinge Estate, Rochdale

12. Lower Falinge Estate, Rochdale
• Labelled as a ‘sink estate’
• 1000 people
• Built in 1970’s
• In 2013, 72% were unemployed
• Around 4 out of 5 children lived ‘in poverty’
• Complex views on what should happen to the
future of the estate.

13. Lower Falinge Estate, Rochdale
• Your turn
• Two groups – those who want to keep it and those who
want to pull it down and redevelop it.
• Produce quotes from different media sources, and use
them to support your argument.
• Start here and then write down views that support your
side! Also a handout on Showbie to help you.,

14. Lower Falinge Estate, Rochdale
• Keep it • Pull it down