Legacy Affordable Housing Brownfield Site Greenfield Site Vegetation Fauna Renewable The plants of an area or region Land and buildings within urban area that could be redeveloped, particularly for new housing. E.g, old industrial sites, old factories and derelict sites includes social rented and intermediate housing, provided to specified eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. To give something or hand something down to someone else, in context the Olympics will be more than just a games it will be a promise for future development of sport and the local area. The animals of an area or region Relating to or being a commodity or resource, such as solar energy or wind, that is inexhaustible or replaceable by growth The sites for new developments which have not previously been built on

Legacy Affordable Housing Brownfield Site Greenfield Site Vegetation Fauna Renewable To give something or hand something down to someone else, in context the Olympics will be more than just a games it will be a promise for future development of sport and the local area. includes social rented and intermediate housing, provided to specified eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Land and buildings within urban area that could be redeveloped, particularly for new housing. E.g, old industrial sites, old factories and derelict sites The sites for new developments which have not previously been built on The plants of an area or region The animals of an area or region Relating to or being a commodity or resource, such as solar energy or wind, that is inexaustible or replaceable by growth

Figure 1 – A 2012 Games Factfile

Questions to answer for figure 1: Why was London chosen to host the 2012 Olympics? What evidence is there to suggest that the hosting of the games will be a challenge? How else will the cost of the games be met apart from by the government and tax payers? What was the legacy of the 2000 and 2004 games? Does this suggest that they were unsuccessful?

Figure 2 – A map of the UK showing the 20 venues

Questions to answer for figure 2: Describe the distribution of venues in London Describe the distribution of venues in the UK

Figure 3b – The location of the Olympic Park

Figure 3a – Map of Olympic Park venues in east London

Figure 4 – Map showing the underground (tube) and surface rail network of Stratford in east London

Google Earth: ‘Scale’ Describe the location of the Olympic Park (in order of scale!) UK (National) – London (Capital) – Newham (London Borough) – Stratford (suburb area) – Lea Valley (local river valley)– Olympic Park (site) What are the advantages of this location? What are the dis-advantages of this location?