London Dockland Case Study

Slum conditions * Comprehensive redevelopment? Uphill 1970s – what problems with it * Renovate *

This image shows the development as of 2011. There is a significant amount of development, with a retirement village, residential area, roads, a display village and a biodiversity pond, making it multi-faceted compared to what it was before.

For instance, the city Detroit has had a recent reduction in population percentages. As a result of the decrease in population growth, the Brightmoor neighborhood in Detroit area is being gentrified as of a similar situation resorting to the decline of population along the rest of the city. To handle the situation, the neighborhood has been renovated with an astounding outcome been increasing in population due to city helping college students get their bachelor’s degrees raising the population to 48 percent. This is great for Detroit because now that

In Baltimore, the abandoned houses allowed investors to buy the houses and turn them into luxury condominiums and houses. In turn, this encourages other companies to continue to develop condominiums and houses and abandon the development of low-income housing. This cycle is called gentrification, but it is disguised as restoration to the city

Over a period of time, parts of cities tend to decay in the sense that they are not as modern as other parts or they have simply been neglected. This may include disused factories, railway yards and dockyard areas as well as residential areas. This process is known as urban decay and effected areas are often referred to as ‘blighted zones’ of the city. In the case of Sydney, urban decay is evident in the poorer quality terrace housing suburbs such as Newtown, Pyrmont, Ultimo, Glebe and Redfern, former railway workshops and yards such as Eveleigh in Redfern, former dock and railway areas in Darling Harbour and Pyrmont and former factory areas in Zetland and Rhodes. (ref. map on page 4).

In order to understand fully the regeneration of the Stratford area, it is imperative that there is some prior knowledge of how the area has developed over time. As London is the capital of England it has always been at the forefront of development, but other different areas of London have progressed at different speeds, meaning that some areas have been left waiting for regeneration whilst others have already developed. Regeneration is defined as the revitalisation of a place or community. Regeneration is both a process and an outcome . In the 1920s there were many large slums including Old Nichol, situated in Shoreditch. The conditions in the slums were well documented by Irene Barclay, who was a chartered surveyor and wanted to address social need and her actions were well appreciated by

Urban regeneration is defined as improving an area that has been experiencing a period of decline due to a variety of reasons, such as lack of employment, lack of investment in the CBD, suburbanisation etc. Ways that this can be resolved include property led regeneration, prestige project developments and partnership development schemes. These have all been carried out in the UK recently due to urban decline in some areas, and some have been more successful in others, in terms of its effectiveness on the location, effectiveness on problems that existed beforehand and the effect on the local community. Most importantly, the

decline is due to the fact that the middle class population is larger in areas with declining

Since July 2007, Docklands has been a part of Melbourne municipality. This suburb’s 200 hectares includes both land and water along with Victoria Harbour just west of the centre of the city. Thanks, to the Docklands joining forces with Melbourne, this area place a significant role for the waterfront in this location. For one thing, the harbour provides a highly modern marine experience in the Docklands that is complete with professional boat marine services. We understand so much about this are due to the fact that we provide our mobile services to the mariners who frequent the Docklands.

Rural areas through the country are facing the triple threat, the biggest defeat that can ever happen. Triple threat consist of three of the biggest fears that any company, rural community would ever want to face. Carr and Kefalas persuade small business owners, farmers and ranchers, and communities, that they aren 't the only ones facing the fear. “ No one would deny that finding work in today’s countryside means facing a triple threat: a failing farm and factory-based economy, rising unemployment, and shrinking wages and benefit” ( Carr and Kefalas 21). As a citizen for rural area, I am noticing are town is slowly getting hit by the triple threat. Generation farms are having to shut down, due to the low finical income that is coming. Each day goes by, there is a increases of “ Help Wanted” signs being put into the windows of a small thriving business. Creating business to have to shut down earlier due to low employment, not being able to work long hours. Which in the long run creates a finical burden, due

According to Bruce Katz, a member of the think –tank, the Brookings Institution, “…industrial cities must reinvent themselves to survive… return to fundamentals…use their geographical advantages…” (“Reinvention in the rust belt”). While a solution such as this sounds basic, a city including Galena, Illinois used its historical charm and beautiful geography to reinvent its image and has moved on from a “Rust Belt” example (“Reinvention in the rust

As a process, gentrification has had both a negative and positive impact on the society as well as affected the economic status of the involved countries or towns. As a way

Property-led regeneration involves the regeneration of an inner city area by changing the image of the area, improving the environment, attracting private investment and improving

London Docklands A Case study of: q Urban redevelopment / Urban regeneration q Economic decline and regeneration q In migration into an area and its impact q An urban planning scheme Where are the London Docklands?

Most of these towns are evolving ones whose development the government seeks to intervene in the provision of public utilities like water, housing, schools, markets, good roads with street lights, health facilities like clinics or maternity homes and community centres among others. Our research has zoned in on Berekuso, in the Eastern