Changing Urban Environments: Case Study; Birmingham CBD

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Cambridge IGCSE Geography (Urban Environments) Mind Map on Changing Urban Environments: Case Study; Birmingham CBD, created by lloyd.richards98 on 26/10/2014.
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Changing Urban Environments: Case Study; Birmingham CBD
  1. Problems
    1. Merry Hill out-of-town Shopping Centre Opened
      1. In 1989
      2. Birmingham's CBD saw a decline in trade of 12% over the next 5 years
      3. Solutions
        1. Improve environmental quality for pedestrians
          1. Access to the city centre through public and private transport facilities
            1. Make the city a highly attractive place to visit and do business
            2. New Street Development
              1. Newly Paved and Pedestrianised
                1. Trees and Grass make it feel more natural
                  1. Street lighting
                    1. Widened, more spacious
                      1. Benches, Bins etc
                      2. Bull Ring
                        1. Plans made to rebuild the Bull Ring in 1980s
                          1. Demolished in 2000
                            1. Largest retail regeneration project in Europe
                              1. cost £500 million
                              2. Reopened in June 2003
                            2. Mail Box
                              1. Used to be Royal Mail sorting office
                                1. Inside redeveloped into a multi-use mall
                                  1. Uses
                                    1. 40 retail outlets: Emporio Armani, Harvey Nichols
                                      1. Two Hotels: Malmaison and Days Hotel
                                        1. Office Space: HQ for BBC Birmingham
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