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GEOGRAPHY A-LEVEL CASE STUDIES: topics- changing places, water and carbon, population and the environment, hazards

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OLYMPIC PARK SITE- STRATFORD, LONDON



Background:

 Deindustrialised in the 20th century- closing London docks in the 60s
 Westfield introduced in 2011- Australian franchise
 560 acres of derelict brownfield land
 Newham is the most deprived London borough

Exogenous factors:
 Only 20% of population is British white, high levels of migration
 Average income of 10k
 Flows of money from Australia
 Olympic games- £10bn invested into the area
 Shift in industry of jobs
 International investment
 Young economically active people

Endogenous factors:

 River Lea- reimaging of the area, habitats increased and became more
sustainable
 Flat land- easy to regenerate
 A13- road networking

Place identity:

 Cost £1bn to build Olympic Park (3-year project)
 The orbit was created using the materials and resources from the old
Stratford buildings
 More skyscrapers in Stratford- called the ‘Manhattan’ of London
 Has the west ham stadium
 Reimaging that occurred on the river lea- introduced crayons/pencils
 Names on the rings of trees- sustainable legacy and community feel

Media representation:

 Newspapers such as the Guardian believe there is a lack of identity
 Stratford is not ‘Park Lane’- houses are not affordable, they rose by 137%
 Olympic district known as the hippest place- E20 postcode contains quirky
cafes and the new cultural quarter
 Post Olympic boom has seen shops and cafes emerge due to investment
 Negative press- locals have been priced out
 Industrial land had been replaced with landscape greenery- NY times

Qualitative sources:
 Poem Eton manor (Duffy) has a positive perception of place on the Olympic
Park regeneration because there is a sense of community and sporting
values, also mentioning how the place has improved from a deprived area,
however the past suggests it was only targeted at the elite

,  OS maps show the land use change- the marshland was built on in the 80s
then introduced back again in the 2010s like referenced in the poem:
‘enclosed by railway, marshland, factories, canal-where’
 OS maps also show that in the 90s the area is a less densely populated area
and then becomes denser in the 2010s
 However, os maps do not show perception of place or current construction

Quantitative sources:
 Based on the data from clone town surveys, both old Stratford (19/60) and
westfield (14/60) are clone towns, however westfield has much more chain
stores whilst old stratford has more independent stores with market stalls
 Most areas surrounding westfield and newer stratford had a higher EQ score,
for example pleasure garden scored 60/80 and doran walk scored 25/80
 Census data showed a net change of 4616 with the younger population
migrating to town

Forces of change:
 Olympic sites- introduce more sports amenities to the area as well as luxury
housing
 People displaced from Clays Lane estate with little compensation
 Newham council declared climate emergency and set carbon neutral targets
by 2030
 Eurostar railway goes to Olympic village
 ODA- housed 17,000 athletes in Olympic Park but also build the Eurostar
allowing easy transport to the major European countries
 LLDC- sustainable legacy of the games, housing, environment
 Streets For Growth- making lives better for those displaced
 NewDay centre supports the homeless
 UCL de-employment hub of park attempt to upskill the younger generation

Rebrand/regeneration:

 Rebranded as a place of sports legacy
 Purpose has been fulfilled to help retain the identity of Olympic importance
 Social impacts: paralympics also encouraged people with disabilities
 Repurposed from derelict brownfield area, previously a freight of 250 factories
demolished
 Gentrification caused tension between govt and locals because of rising
house prices
 Rough sleeping, infant mortality, poverty rates are all still high in the area so
the ‘social cleansing’ has not really worked

Eval- aims:
 To invest in one of London’s most deprived boroughs
 To regenerate Stratford and maintain sporting legacy
 Queen Elizabeth park- clone town feature
 Westfield is an example of globalisation
 New housing created for athletes- increasing housing supply

Eval- demographic, cultural, socio-econ change:

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