Regenerating Places Enquiry Question 4 - A Level Geography

Regenerating
Places
Enquiry Question 4: How successful is regeneration?

, 4A.10 The success of regeneration uses a range of measures: economic, demographic,
social and environmental.
The aim of regeneration is to create a legacy of increased employment and income, and
reduced poverty and deprivation.
The term regeneration indicated a long-running process rather than a quick fix to economic,
social and environmental problems.
Ways of measuring the success of a regeneration scheme:
Economic
Social
Demographic
Environmental
 Jobs created
 Increase in Gross Value Added
 Increased income
 Growth of services
 Land values increasing
 Population increase
 Levels of deprivation (IMD)
 Visitor numbers
 Public opinion
 Crime rates
 Educational achievement
 Improvements in healthcare
 Amount of new housing
 Improved life expectancy
 Lower levels of long term illness
 Average age
 Reduction in pollution levels
 Reduction in the amount of derelict land
Success is measured by comparisons with other areas or with past conditions. Baseline data
is information used to compare present-day characteristics with past-land-use maps,
photographs or statistics, for example.
Problems with assessing the success of regeneration schemes:
 What sector of the economy are they in?
 Are they low skilled, low pay jobs?
Jobs created
 Jobs might not be due to regeneration, rather economic growth
nationally.
Population  What is the age group of the people? Older people don’t have