Bristol

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

440,500

Question 2

How many unis?

Answer 2

2

Question 3

Transport

Answer 3

Runs by the A1
Has an airport
Integrated transport system

Question 4

Culture (pros and cons of migrants)

Answer 4

Mixed ethnicity:

• Two football teams

Adv:
- Brings culture to the city
-new skills for jobs: manufacturing, hospitality, retail, construction

Disadv:
- Demand on housing - urban sprawl
- Language barriers (hard to teach kids
-

Question 5

What is the population beginning to look like?

Answer 5

More young dependants

Question 6

What is the industry like?

Answer 6

Tech, finance, manufacturing

Question 7

Pros of integrated transport system

Answer 7

2 million live within 50 km of city (motorway makes it accessible)
Increases employment
Less congestion - less pollution

Question 8

Shopping needs (Examples)

Answer 8

Cabot circus, Bristol’s harbourside

• Compete with other cities - Increase tourism
• Reduce crime - Add security
• Improve environment
• Increase employment - Improve transport

Question 9

What is employment like?

Answer 9

• Aardman animations
• Tech jobs
• Based on Bristol’s port
• 1/2 public and professional services
• Aerospace industry
• Finance

Question 10

How is the UK’s population distributed?

Answer 10

Older people up north in coastal areas
Younger people in cities

North sparsely populated (Scottish highlands)
South densely populated (London)

Question 11

What are Bristol’s environmental goals? (Bristol 2015 European Green Capital Aims)

Answer 11

Increase renewable energy, Reduce water pollution
Increase use of brownfield sites
Increase jobs in carbon industries

Question 12

What was Bristol 2nd place for? 2012 (Environment)

Answer 12

2nd most congested city

Question 13

How has Bristol increased renewable energy?

Answer 13

100 electric car charging points

Question 14

How has Bristol tried to reduce pollution and congestion?

Answer 14

Encouraged cyclists
Integrated transport system

Question 15

What percentage of the city is covered in trees?

Answer 15

30 percent

Question 16

What happened to industrial buildings after the industrial revolution

Answer 16

They became derelict (Brownfield sites)

Question 17

What did demand for new housing lead to?

Answer 17

Urban sprawl

Question 18

What is the example of a brownfield site in Bristol?

Answer 18

Stokes croft

Question 19

What was Stokes croft and what happened to it?

Answer 19

It was used to house industrial workers, but now its been taken over by squatters and there is antisocial behavior

Question 20

How was Stokes croft improved?

Answer 20

Became an art exhibit
Shops
Nightclubs

Question 21

What happened as a result of renovation in Stokes croft?

Answer 21

Protests about gentrification - poorer people pushed out and richer people moving in due to house value increasing

Question 22

How much waste does Bristol have a year?

Answer 22

1/2 a million

Question 23

How is Bristol trying to tackle their waste problem?

Answer 23

Reduce waste in landfill - improvements in technology
Increase recycling by 50 percent - More education
Reduce house waste by 15 percent - deals with contractors

Question 24

What winds contribute to atmospheric pollution? (How many people died?)

Answer 24

South west winds bring air pollution
200 people die as a result of air pollution

Question 25

What leads to social inequality?

Answer 25

High investment in some areas, and low investment in others

Question 26

What is an example of a high investment area?

Answer 26

Stoke Bishop

Question 27

What is an example of a low investment area?

Answer 27

Filwood?

Question 28

What are the unemployment rates at Filwood?

Answer 28

1/3

Question 29

How many people come from low income households in Filwood?

Answer 29

1/3

Question 30

What is the antisocial behavior like there? (Filwood)

Answer 30

Drugs Bullying Crime

Question 31

What are the houses like in Filwood?

Answer 31

6 percent overcrowded households Poorly insulated housing (Wants to make higher quality appartments)

Question 32

How many kids are on free school meals at Filwood?

Answer 32

35 percent

Question 33

How many kids are on free school meals at Stoke Bishop?

Answer 33

14 percent

Question 34

Percentage of houses overcrowded at Stoke Bishop?

Answer 34

2 percent

Question 35

Unemployment rates Stoke Bishop

Answer 35

2 percent

Question 36

What is the community like there?

Answer 36

Older people, rich, high life expectancy

Question 37

What is a factor that put pressure on housing? | South Glousteshire

Answer 37

Student accommodation

Question 38

Where is the green belt and what was it built for?

Answer 38

South Gloucestershire Controls urban sprawl into rural areas of Bristol On rural-urban fringes

Question 39

How many homes were built in south Gloucestershire?

Answer 39

1200

Question 40

What did housing being built on the green belt result in?

Answer 40

Loss of habitat Increased congestion Flood risk

Question 41

How many houses could be built on the brownfield sites?

Answer 41

8000

Question 42

Why did Bristol’s harbour side decline?

Answer 42

Ships became too big for small dock lead to decrease use of factories

Question 43

How have people regenerated the harbourside?

Answer 43

Added leisure activities and culture

Question 44

Why aren’t some people happy about the regeneration of the harbour side?

Answer 44

Flat prices gone up

Question 45

What is an example of a regeneration scheme in Bristol?

Answer 45

Temple quarter

Question 46

Why did temple quarter need regenerating?

Answer 46

Poor first impression when coming into the city Risk of flooding Run down derelict buildings

Question 47

What is a disadvantage of clearing brownfield sites?

Answer 47

expensive to clear

Question 48

How did people respond to high flooding risks at temple quarter with the dock?

Answer 48

Floating dock

Question 49

What makes a regeneration scheme successful?

Answer 49

Improving an area economically, environmentally and socially

Question 50

How was temple quarter successful?

Answer 50

Introduced more businesses in the area Electrification - improves railways New bridge across river Avon Improved road layout Cycle pathways