Regeneration: Cornwall

Question 1

what were the key impacts of the regeneration of Cornwall

Answer 1

social
- improved education and training, e.g. Jamie Oliver restaurant

economic

• Cornwall’s economy growing faster than UK average (5.8% per year, 0.4% above the UK’s average)
• Combined Universities of Cornwall (CUC) attempting to improve ‘knowledge economy’
• the Eden Project contributed £700 million to Cornwall’s economy

environmental

• the Eden Project built on a brownfield site (former china clay quarry) holds 100,000 plants and 5,000 species
• Newquay aero hub led to the destruction of the environment

Question 2

what was done to rebrand Cornwall?

Answer 2

Watergate Bay, Newquay

Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC)

Wave Hub, 2010

Superfast Broadband, 2011