Renewal in London - A Case Study Of Brixton.

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Renewal in London -

A Case Study Of Brixton.

This Case Study is about Brixton, London. It will tell you about a number of things, the social, economic and environmental problems of Brixton in 1981 and how they were improved and if they were successful, the immediate causes of the riots in Brixton in the years 1981, 1985 and 1995 and the alternatives that I suggest would improve the quality and environment for people living in Brixton.

First of all, 200 years ago, Britain had taken over many countries, which had made up its colony. One of these many countries was Ghana; they took recourses and brought them back to Britain to sell.

1. What social, economical and environmental problems existed in Brixton before 1981?

Social - From 1945, most of most of the British men had died in the Second World War, therefore, this caused a labour shortage as there was not enough people to run the busses, trains ect. From 1952 - 1953, the government decided to send ships over to Kenya and other countries. Here they offered them jobs, homes ect in exchange for them to come back to Britain to work. A lot of them settled in places like Brixton and Peckham. But when they did, they experienced many problems within the community - they were overcome with racist downfalls everywhere. These came as signs and warnings such as "No Blacks, No Irish and No Dogs!” To me, this is extremely offensive.

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Economic - When these people went to apply for jobs or houses, they would get turned down by employers or estate agents or even the council, because of the colour of their skin. But it wasn't necessarily all Black or Irish ethnic groups, the women would have had an easier time getting jobs or houses as the males were seen as thugs and known to be violent, therefore the council did not want them working and estate agents didn't think they were "worthy" enough to have homes of their own.

Environmental - The Brixton area was a very run down ...

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