With reference to a named city, explain what is meant is by 'urban re-imaging'?

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Louisa HullAS Geography        Miss Burton                         With reference to a named city, explain what is meant is by ‘urban re-imaging’? There is no escaping the fact that most cities in the UK are trying to gain some type of status to encourage people back in. These efforts, usually evoked by City councils, can be otherwise know as Urban re-imaging and closely linked to urban regeneration. Basically they are trying to re-launch a deteriorated area and overall change the way the city is perceived, in order to encourage people to move back in, and tourists from abroad to use the facilities and services.  The long-term goal would be that the efforts would retain and attract those residents who are fundamental to the creation of wealth. Manchester is a city that is seeing a massive urban re-imaging programme at the present. The some what ‘renaissance’ of the city has created the firm foundations on which to tackle the consequences of the economic and population slump in the city that started in the early 1950’s. The effects of this decline have been a creation of neighbourhoods and places in the city which are home to some of the most deprived communities in the country. The 2004 Index of Deprivation indicated Manchester as Third, estimating 234,000 residents within the city living in 10% of the most deprived area in England. Such types of severe
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deprivation can lead to enormous challenges such as, high levels of crime, high levels of unemployed, poor skill levels, continuing poor educational achievement for children at school, Poor health and housing that is in constant poor condition. However, Manchester seeks to reframe this situation and has been doing so since the 1950’s. Manchester has seen drastic changes over the last 15 years and boasts new cultural and leisure facilities, like the new Manchester Library opened in December 2005. It also has one of the highest concentrations of world class higher education activity in Europe and has sustainable economic growth which ...

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