Residential areas of cities L.O. To understand why residential segregation exists To understand the causes, impacts and responses to “studentification”
Some areas of cities develop characteristics associated with a particular group of people. What does London Profiler identify? What about the Bangladeshi community? Jewish? Ghanaian? Nigerian? Polish?
Examples…? What about University towns/cities? Examples: Loughborough, Swansea. What do students need? How does this affect the characteristics of the residential areas they live in? What do you notice from the photos that follow?
Universit y Uplands City Centre Fabian Way redevelopment area Hendrefoilan Student Village
University Brynmill, Bryn-Y-Mor, St Helens Uplands
Causes, consequences, responses. ohttp:// o Read the Guardian article about the Uplands & Brynmill areas of Swansea ( 15/highereducation.students) and watch the film (also on Moodle). 15/highereducation.students What are the key issues here? You can also look a the issues/solutions identified on parts 2 & 3 of the documentary – on youtube.
Solutions? Increase campus accommodation? Move new developments to a non-residential area? Are there any? “SWANSEA UNIVERSITY HAS PUT ITS STUDENT VILLAGE UP FOR SALE AS PART OF PLANS TO BUILD A £200M SCIENCE & INNOVATION CAMPUS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY. THE HENDREFOILAN VILLAGE IN SKETTY, HOUSING 1,644 STUDENTS, WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE WAY FOR UP TO 270 HOMES OVER 2 PHASES FROM STUDENTS WILL THEN BE HOUSED AT THE NEW CAMPUS” “Swansea University: New science campus work starts in April 2013”
Practise question (c) Explain why ghettos develop within some urban settlements. [10] June Answer this with particular reference to students, but you can also refer back to the London Profiler section if you want.
Further reading: University websites Estate (lettings) agents in university towns Guardian article (see Moodle) YouTube films (see Moodle)