Bristol case study

Question 1

Why is Bristol a regionally important city?

Answer 1

• on the M4, good rail links
• two universities
• range of culture such as Bristol Old Vic theatre and Wallace and Gromit
• two cathedrals

Question 2

Why is Bristol an internationally important city?

Answer 2

• 8th most popular city for foreign visitors
• attracts students from all over the world
• good airport links
• high level of investment in finance and high tech businesses

Question 3

What are the challenges facing Bristol?

Answer 3

SOCIAL - rising house prices, driving out local low earning residents
ECONOMIC - most congested city in the UK
ENVIRONMENTAL - half a million tonnes of waste per year, one of the worst cities in producing food waste

Question 4

What are the solutions to the challenges?

Answer 4

• bus runs on human waste, 300km on one tank of gas which is from 5 people
• recycling, landfill numbers decrease
• 1200 homes planned to be built on Harry Stoke

Question 5

Why is Bristol becoming so popular?

Answer 5

• transport connections makes the city accessible
• ethnically diverse
• more 16 years olds than pensioners
• reduced train journey time to London to 70 mins
• over 2 million live within 50km of city centre

Question 6

What are the social opportunities in Bristol?

Answer 6

• new stadiums
• improved shopping facilities
• more efficient and quicker transport
• regenerating Harbourside created bars, clubs and cultural festivals attracting 300,000 people

Question 7

What are the economic opportunities in Bristol?

Answer 7

• employment at new shopping centres

- changed to higher paid tertiary and quaternary sectors

Question 8

What are the environmental opportunities in Bristol?

Answer 8

• Urban Greening
• first to be awarded European green capital in 2015
• jobs in low carbon industries will increase from 9000 to 17000 by 2030
• reduce energy use by 30% and CO2 emissions by 40% by 2020

Question 9

What are the social benefits that the regeneration of Temple Quarter will bring?

Answer 9

• new arena brings high profile sporting events
• high speed train link to London
• arena has 12000 seats, theatre has 400 seats
• new cycle routes
• $200 mill for citywide metro bus scheme

Question 10

What are the economic benefits that the regeneration of Temple Quarter will bring?

Answer 10

• 62 companies moved in
• $11 to provide superfast broadband allowing businesses to contact around the world
• 4000 new jobs created by 2020, over 17000 by 2037

Question 11

What are the environmental benefits that the regeneration of Temple Quarter will bring?

Answer 11

• old brownfield sites cleaned so industrial and dangerous chemicals removed
• new buildings have to meet standards such as solar panels and eco-friendly design materials