Glasgow Case Study History

Glasgow Case Study History

1. History Timeline

   • 1900's
     • Tenements
       • Poor living conditions
         • No water or electricity
         • Squeeze in famillies 12-15
   • 1940
     • Tenements destroyed due to war
   • 1950
     • CDA
       • Comprehesive development area
         • Set up to improve area
   • 1960
     • Glasgow intoduced tower blocks
   • 1970
     • 1974 - Flat policy lifted
   • 1980
     • Garden festival
       • New homes
         • New road
           • New Business park
             • New outside space
   • 1990
     • 86-94
       • Start up unit
         • landscaping vacant land
           • Education
             • Reopening ship dock

2. Regeneration of Glasgow

   • Make 56,000 jobs
     • £1 Million investment
       • Making more office and lesuire space
         • Homes will stand for 70 years

3. Tower block issues

   • Cheap to build
     • Bad quality
       • Crowred
         • Accessabilty
           • Loss of communitity sprit
             • Dangerous
               • Small areas
                 • Council owned
                   • Mass unemployment