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- 1Investment in infrastructure and addressing issues of accessibility are seen as major factors in maintaining what?Economic Growth
- 2Infrastructure projects have two main characteristics which result in the need for government funding. What are they?High costs and longevity
- 3Since when has there been increasing privatization and partnerships between government and private financiers?Since the 1980's
- 4The Infrastructure and Project Authority, part of the Treasury was formed in January 2016 by the merger of several departments. What does it oversea?Overseas long term infrastructure priorities and secures long term private investment - Crossrail and broadband
- 5What is the difference between hard and soft regeneration?Hard - Capital investment, physical buildings, infrastructure
Soft - Planning, skills, education - 6Give examples of departments involved in hard and soft regeneration, with a description of their roleDCLG - create great places to live and work,
DCMS - markets UK's image, protects and promotes cultural and artistic heritage and innovation. Eg, Sport England and National Lottery
DEFRA - overseas Environment Agency, Natural England and the National Park Authorities - advocates envrionmental stability as part of sustained economic growth
UK Trade and Investment supports UK businesses and encourages inward investment. Overseas RIO, which had 40 large scale projects by 2015. - 7Government department as well as county and local councils are important players in deciding on and implementing regeneration projects. Give examples of other important players.- Mayors of Metropolitan regions
- local individuals
-NGOs, charities, pressure and environment groups, businesses - 8Heathrow Airport Expansion Case Study- Took 12 years debating to decide
due to the high cost (£18.6b) and the polarised views
- Anti Expansion: London Mayor, MP's and local/national protest groups (Plane Stupid and Greenpeace)
Pro Expansion: business leaders, Richard Branson - Given the South East is the main earner of GVA, expansion would be essential to keep up with demands that could generate £100b, protecting 114,000 jobs, creating 70,000 new ones. - 9HS2 is another regneration project supported by the government. What are the economic benefits and environmental drawbacks of HS2?nh3-fwc
- 10As main players in regneration, national and local governments make key decisions that affect the rate and type of development. Give examples of what these decisions concern- Housing planning laws and restrictions
- House building targets
- House affordability
- Permission for fracking - 11What were regeneration programes like in the 1960-1970sRestricted programmes of slum clearance (development) and housing improvements (renewal) at neighborhood level
- 12What type of schemes has there been a growing trend for today?For less top-down, centrally dictated and funded schemes and more bottom-up, localized decision making - varying effectiveness since local participation does not always reflect all of the people in the given area. Not all schemes are classed as successful, resulting in many changes in policy
- 13Describe New Labor's focus for regeneration (1997-2010)pro public sector and social housing and emphasized local democracy and active citizenship
prioritized capacity building, empowering peoples participation in urban regeneration processes.
introduced the controversial Pathfinder Programme, a scheme of demolition, refurbishment and new buildings - caused more problems for some residents than good - 14Describe the Coalition and Conservative focus for regeneration schemes since 2010Austerity regeneration policies have featured here
with less funding from government and outside investment available.
Any development funded has to prove it will generate economic gain.
4 key policies began/continued in 2015 - 15Give examples of factors that affect regeneration policies- politics of the local area
- external factors: global economic recession and booms
- degree of plump priming needed
- quality of bid to government or private finance to get investment
- location: urban or rural
-legacy of the past: physical, economic and social - 16What are 3 aspects of the role of government planning? Give information about eachPlanning Laws
Planning for Fracking
Planning for Housing Needs - 17—
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- To be aware of the key role national governments play in regeneration
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- Amna Jamil
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