What makes stakeholder’s opinions differ?
- Rural vs urban
- Difference in the meaning of success (could include improvement in leisure, retail, jobs, visitors, housing or biodiversity.
What is an example for mixed regeneration?
The Earth Centre, Doncaster
- Rural ex coal mine
- £55 mullion to develop in environmental tourist centre
- Failed to attract audience (shut in 2004).
- Since turned into children outdoor adventure centre.
What is an example of community-led regeneration?
- Gower Peninsula, Wales
- Remote rural village dominated by second homes
- 150 locals paid £5000 for community shop, post office and cafe with 30 volunteers.
- Scheme successful for both locals and tourists.
What was the Eden Project?
- Consists of two large conservatories
- Transformed the landscape from former China-clay quarry, to a completely re-imagined environment.
What are the benefits from the Eden Project?
- £1.1 billion for the Cornish economy.
- 13 million visitors
- 650 employed, as well as supporting 3000 related jobs.
- Encouraged wider investment by the South West.
What are the costs of the Eden Project?
- Huge people means traffic
- Also means huge amount of litter and pollution
- Increase in population not ideal for people who moved there for the tranquil atmosphere.
What is a disadvantage the Eden project faced?
- Geographical location (rural area)
This meant that there was a lower population density, therefore less people to attract from.
- Also low number of working age population.
How can businesses receive more funding?
Convergence funding - aim to raise funding in rural areas, which may include matching funding.
What is an example of convergence funding?
Objective one - backed 580 projects with £230 million
What are reasons groups agree on the success of a project?
- Potential for the economy to be developed.
- Social benefit possible
- Employment opportunities
- Activities being developed for people.
What are reasons groups disagree on the success of a project?
- Environmental damage could take place as a result if activities being developed.
What are the different stakeholders in the Cornwall regeneration scheme?
- The EU
- UK central government agency
- Local governments - the elected councils
- Local economy stakeholders
- Environmental stakeholders
- Stakeholders in people
What role does the EU play in Cornwall’s regeneration?
Convergence funding has been granted to Cornwall in 1999
What role does the UK central government agency play in Cornwall’s regeneration?
- Investment grants have come from the UK government
What role does local governments play in Cornwall’s regeneration?
Enterprise zone in Newquay
What role does local economy stakeholders play in Cornwall’s regeneration?
Biggest industries in Cornwall are tourism, food and farming - they want greater economic expansion.
What role do environmental stakeholders play in Cornwall’s regeneration?
National Trust and English Heritage own large areas of land.
What role do stakeholders in people play in Cornwall’s regeneration?
Education e.g. combined universities in Cornwall
What regeneration projects took place in Cornwall?
- The Eden Project
- Watergate Bay, Newquay
- Combined Universities in Cornwall
- Wave hub
- Superfast broadband
What is Watergate Bay, Newquay?
- Water-sports business which encourages the use of the natural environmental
- employs 50-60 people all year round.
- provides activities for tourists
- also trains 16-24 year olds in the restaurant, preventing the brain drain.
What is the Wave Hub?
- Wave energy worth 9 wind turbines
- Doesn’t disrupt the aesthetic of the environment
- High initial costs
- Can disrupt the sea bed.
- 170 jobs
- Alternate power source
What is the Combined Universities in Cornwall?
- Cornwall college and Exeter combined to increase available courses
- Increase studentification
- reduces brain drain - people stay in the area.
- ## Diversifies the economy
What is Superfast Broadband in Cornwall?
- Scheme which allowed 95% of people in Cornwall to have fibre broadband.
- helps stop brain drain
- Allows people to work from home
- 2000 jobs created.
What is an Egan wheel?
A wheel of sustainable development
