Revision – Bluewater case study

Changes on the rural-urban fringe

• Bluewater is a large out of town shopping center that is located on the rural-urban fringe of London.

Re-cap:1. What is an ‘out of town shopping center’

and what are these usually like?2. What is the ‘rural-urban fringe’?3. What kind of changes have taken place

on the rural-urban fringe in recent years, and why?

What activities can you see occurring?

Stanstead Airport

What activities can you see occurring?

Science ParkBridgend

What activities can you see occurring?

Bluewater

Airports

Hotels and conference centres

Science Parks

Landfill sites

Out-of-town shopping centres

Sports Stadium

Housing developments

1. Where is the ‘urban’ area?2. Where is the ‘rural’ area?3. Where is the ‘rural-urban’ fringe?4. What makes the rural-urban fringe attractive as a place to build

out of town shopping centers, airports, sports stadiums, housing developments…etc?

Case study : Bluewater

Watch the video about Bluewater and make notes on:

• Reasons for the change• Advantages• Disadvantages• Bromley Action Plan

Location of Bluewater

X

Exam question:Using map evidence, identify three reasons why Bluewater shopping centre has located in location X

X

Why do you think Bluewater is located here? • Near to main roads - M25 and A2

•Out of town - more space to build on and cheaper land

•Brownfield site – using an old industrial site to build on

Bluewater case study• Read P458-459 of Integrated Approach as well as your notes1. Where is Bluewater located and why? 2. What kind of site is it on?3. Who built Bluewater?4. What advantages has Bluewater bought?

Also consider how it might have bought advantages to certain groups of people e.g. local residents, elderly people, teenagers, disabled people, local politician, those who don’t have a car, residents of nearby towns/cities, Bromley High Street shop owner, shop owners in central London, CPRE (Council for Protection of Rural England)

5. What disadvantages has Bluewater bought? Also consider how it might have bought disadvantages to certain groups of people e.g. local residents, elderly people, teenagers, disabled people, local politician, those who don’t have a car, residents of nearby towns/cities, Bromley High Street shop owner, shop owners in central London, CPRE (Council for Protection of Rural England)

6. What is the Bromley Action Plan?