REDEVELOPMENT IN FOUR AREAS OF

ENGLAND

ELVIRA GARCIA ARNAL - BILINGUAL/CLIL GEOGRAPHY & HISTORY TEACHER - ARAGÓN (SPAIN)

Ipswich WaterfrontIdentify the photos:

a) A pub, ex malt house

b) Block of flats

c) Renewed riverside path

d) New marina

f) New decks

g) Former storehouses

h) Advert of a development

i) Old passage & new houses

j) Flats on a for-mer storehouse

Old HarwichIdentify the photos:

a) New house in an old style

b) Renewed pier

c) Lighthouse

d) New restaurant in a Victorian house

f) Art gallery in a former shop

g) New flats

h) Council social house

i) Scaffolds to renew houses

j) Building site

London DocklandsIdentify the photos:

a) Gardens above car parks

b) Building site

c) Bank skyscrapers

d) Museum of Docklands

f) Underground shopping mall

g) Offices on the docks

h) The O2

i) Flats & marina

j) Offices & pe-destrian bridge

East London: Stratford & Lee ValleyIdentify the photos:

a) Old tidal mill & new TV studio

b) Building refurbishment

c) Olympic Village

d) Olympic venues & tower

f) Old factories

g) Derelict offices & dump

h) Empty offices

i) Modern flats

j) Renewed houses & lorries

ACTIVITIES

1. In small groups:A. Using an atlas or a web mapping service, locate: Ipswich, Harwich, London Docklands & Stratford & Lee Valley in London. B. Look at the photos of the presentation.

C. Match the photos and their descriptions. D. Talk and try to guess the meaning of redevelopment, refurbishment, renewed, derelict. Check your answers, using the Internet or asking your teacher.E. Discuss and select the five mean reasons to redevelop each of these areas (e.g. lack of space, business opportunities, heritage protection…)

ACTIVITIES

2. Individual tasks:A. Decide which of the four areas is the best location for each of the below mentioned businesses and give reasons for your answers:- a fast food restaurant (like McDonalds)- a high street bank (like Santander)- a chain clothes shop (like Zara)- a chain furniture shop (like Ikea)- a haute-couture shop (like Chanel)B. Compare one of the four areas with an area that has been redeveloped near your house. You can take some photos or surf the Internet to get more information and give a better explanation.

USEFUL WEBSITES

http://www.ipswich.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=200079&documentID=141

http://188.39.22.30/business/regeneration/harwich (download the pdfs located on the right)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-changing-face-of-london-london-docklands/8317.html

http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com.es/2007/03/inner-cities-case-study-regeneration-of.html

http://markhowell101.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/stratford-and-the-olympic-site-urban-regeneration-case-study/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nprvLFniZLQ&feature=related

This activity was developed after my attendance to a course for Geography Secondary Teachers in Colchester in July 2012. I received a Comenius grant for that course.

All the photos were taken by me during the time of that course.The programme of that course included the tour of Ipswich Waterfront, guided by Chris, and some Field Studies at Harwich, directed by John Morley, Geography Teacher. Out of programme, I also joined one walking tour of the Olympic area & Lee Valley and another of the London Docklands, both of them guided by London Blue Badge guides. Thanks to all of them, but any remaining errors are mine.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.