the regeneration of cardiff bay. by 1907 1950s economic boom
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The Regeneration of Cardiff Bay
• By 1907
1950s Economic Boom
1970s Major Economic Decline
Inner city policies• In the 1980s, the Government began to push policies for inner city
regeneration.
• Inner city programmes have 6 main aims:
1. To enhance job prospects.
2. To bring land and buildings back to use.
3. Improve housing conditions.
4. Encourage private sector investment.
5. Improve the social fabric.
6. Improve environmental quality.
Urban Development Corporations
One of the major schemes to be set up was the Urban Development Corporations.
These were given powers to:
• Acquire and reclaim land for REGENERATION• Promote new industrial and housing development• Support community facilities.
• The global demand for coal decreased and the industry started had declined after WWII.
• This decline left large areas, designed in the C19th, with no major use. This was the whole Bay area
• Unemployment became a problem and those who could afford to left the area. Ethnic minorities migrated inwards.
• Tiger Bay and Butetown became places of multiple deprivation. Crime rates increased and there was physical deterioration of the urban fabric.
• It was against this background that plans to transform Cardiff Docks into Cardiff Bay were drawn up.
WHY DID CARDIFF NEED AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
WHEN WAS THE CBDC ESTABLISHED?
• The Cardiff Bay Development Corporation was established in April 1987 to regenerate the 1,100 hectares of derelict docklands of Cardiff and Penarth.
CBDC MISSION STATEMENT
To put Cardiff on the International Map as a superlative maritime city which will stand
comparison with any such city in the world, thereby enhancing the image and
economic well-being of Cardiff and Wales as a whole
• To re-unite the city centre of Cardiff with its waterfront.• To promote development and provide a superb
environment in which people will want to live, work and play.
• To bring forward a mix of development which would create a wide range of job opportunities and would reflect the hopes and aspirations of the communities of the area.
• To achieve the highest standard of design and quality in all types of development and investment.
• To establish the area as a recognised centre of excellence and innovation in the field of urban regeneration.
WHAT WERE THE AIMS OF THE CBDC?
Millennium Stadium
Lloyd George Avenue
CBD
Atlantic Wharf
Welsh Millennium
Centre
Senydd
Roath Basin
Visitor Centre
Norwegian Church
Mermaid Quay
Techniquest
St Davids Hotel
Flats
River Ely
Cardiff Bay Retail Park
River Taff St Davids Hotel
Cardiff Bay
The Barrage
Penarth Marina
Sports Village
Positive Impacts Negative Impacts
Social Impacts
Economic Impacts
Environmental Impacts
IMPACTS OF THE CBDC ON CARDIFF BAY
Really good – student video
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqRsR-JNXng
• Cbdc causes and impacts of regeneration
POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACTS
• Preservations of crafts
• Provision of community facilities
NEGATIVE SOCIAL IMPACTS
• Conflicts with the host community
• Crime
• Loss of cultural identity
• Social problems
POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
• Increased Income
• Increased Employment
• Improved Infrastructure
• Multiplier Effect
NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
• Increased living costs
• Decline of traditional employment opportunities
• Seasonality of employment
• Increased taxes
• Leakages
POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
• Improved assets
• Landscaping
• Conservation
• Regeneration
• Building regulations
NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
• Traffic congestion
• Pollution of air, water; litter and noise
• Destruction of natural wildlife systems and breeding patterns
How can we evaluate the success of the Cardiff Bay Development
Corporation?
‘Was it just too early to pull the plug on CBDC?’- What problems were predicted following the
ending of CBDC?
‘Bay’s voyage into unchartered waters’
- What did CBDC claim as success and failures?