where should new houses go in newcastle?
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Where Should New Houses go in Newcastle?. Green belt or Brownfield sites?. Urban Sprawl. This is the name given for the growth of cities into the countryside as transport improved. To try and stop this GREEN BELTS were made around cities to protect the countryside. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Where Should New Houses go in Newcastle?
Green belt or Brownfield sites?
Urban Sprawl• This is the name given for the growth of cities into the
countryside as transport improved.• To try and stop this GREEN BELTS were made around cities to
protect the countryside.• Here building was highly restricted.• However there is a lot of pressure for development of this
RURAL – URBAN FRINGE• One example is the proposed
NEWCASTLE GREAT PARK SCHEME.• Task: Title – Green Belt or Brownfield, Where should new
houses go in Newcastle• Answer Question 1 page 29
Proposed site
What will it provide• 2500 homes• High tech industry and jobs• 125 new ICT firms• Mix of schools, shops, businesses and leisure
• Sounds Great? Who might be for it and who would be against it?
• Task: Answer question 3 into your books• Ie.. What would you want to ask town planners about this
project. Who, what, where, why, how
But we have to have them.
• Work on your tables to place the statements in the correct sections – you should have
• Task: Persuasive writing
Task: Persuasive writing
• Write a persuasive piece of writing entitled• Green belt land must be used for housing if
there are to be enough homes for our children to live in.
• You must back it up with evidence.• Hint• Ist sentence – set the scene
• I like to use PEE• Point, Evidence, Explanation
PEEQuestion: Why does Mr Piers put the fan on
when MYP2 come into his class?Point: - Myp2 really do smell terribly.Evidence: For example Joe has not washed his
socks in 2 weeks.Explanation: This means that the classroom
smells of old cheese and therefore needs a fan.
Moving back to the centre
• Originally land was expensive in the centre. Why?• However the centre eventually became
congested, dirty and busy meaning new industries moved to the outside. What other benefits did this new location have?
• This left the centres disused and derelict.• Councils are now aiming to use these
BROWNFIELD sites to encourage people to move in.
Case Study - Quayside
Which bits are new?
• Why might people want to live in this area?• http://www.newcastlequayside.co.uk/frameset.html
Task 1: New For Old
• Look at the Old Functions, New Functions and Reasons sheet
• Cut up and place into 3 groups• Work out which order (in time) that each
feature is likely to disappear from the old Quayside.
• For each choose a New Function and a reason.• When finished complete Qu 1,2 on page 31