The purpose of this coursework is to see how the development of the London Docklands has affected people and the environment.

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Introduction pg

Map and location of the London Docklands pg

History of the London Docklands pg

Theory pg

Data collection pg

Data presentation pg

Property prices pg

Analysis pg

Conclusion pg

The purpose of this coursework is to see how the development of the London Docklands has affected people and the environment. To achieve this I will answer three main questions:

) What developments have taken place? This will show us the improvements being made to the area and how it has changed since the 1960's and the present day

2) How have these developments affected the quality of life for people in the area? This will show us all the positive and negative impacts that regeneration can have on the area and more specifically what it has changed in the London Docklands

3) How have these developments affected employment opportunities? This will show us how affective regeneration is in improving levels on employment

The first bit of data that I have recorded is what the London docklands used to be like, this will show us some history of the area and will also tell us about what jobs used to exist, what the transport was like and what sort of housing there was. Area comparison has also been made this will show how the developed area compares to the non developed. Surveys were also taken and this shows us if the people work in the docklands and if so what sort of job and if they live in the docklands etc.

Map and location of the London Docklands

History of the London Docklands

During the 1950's London Docklands was the busiest port in the world as it had attracted a wide variety of industry; for example the tobacco trade, the processing of imported food and drink, furniture, leather goods and ship building plus a wide variety of transport and engineering goods.

During this time a lot of warehouses and factories started to be built in the area. Streets also began to develop as terrace housing was built in which the workers could live.

The London docklands began to have problems at the end of the 19th Century and these problems lasted into the 1930s. The docks were used a lot in the Second World War for strategic manoeuvres but this meant that heavy bombing in the area damaged it. By the 1960's the Docklands began to decline dramatically, foreign competition began to get a lot stronger meaning that the British Ship Building industry and other associated industries went into decline.

The older docks began to close down as they were becoming too small for the bigger ships:

968- St 1970- Surrey 1980 West present- Tilbury

Katherine's Dock closes India Docks Dock still open

Dock & London and Millwall and is handling

Dock closed Docks close all of London's

1981- Royal import and export

Dock closes by sea

The reason why the old docks started to close is because of something called containerisation. This means that larger ships were being used with large containers so that more goods could be carried at once. With people using larger ships this meant that only the large docks would survive. Tilbury docks was once of these and now handles a large majority of London's commercial traffic.

By 1981 what used to be the best port in the world became a "wasteland". The port of London authority (PLA- owns the docks) reported that employment fell from 25,000 in 1960 to 4100 in 1981.

The government had realised that the Docklands was in a very bad position so they set up the LDDC (London Development Corporation) in 1981. The LDDC set up something called the "enterprise zone". Firms were taking advantage of the incentives that the enterprise zone gave and many businesses started to locate in the Docklands.
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Theory

What is a UDC?

UDC stands for urban development corporation. A UDC makes sure that all the derelict land and buildings are regenerated and have some use, they also make sure that they make the area more attractive so they encourage people to work and live in that area.

What is an enterprise zone?

An enterprise zone is the specific area that is going to be regenerated. Enterprise zones help economic growth as they reduce taxes for businesses. This means that the businesses are attracted there because it would be cheap for ...

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