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Changing Urban Environments: Case Study; Birmingham CBD
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Cambridge IGCSE Geography (Urban Environments) Mind Map on Changing Urban Environments: Case Study; Birmingham CBD, created by lloyd.richards98 on 26/10/2014.
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Changing Urban Environments: Case Study; Birmingham CBD
Problems
Merry Hill out-of-town Shopping Centre Opened
In 1989
Birmingham's CBD saw a decline in trade of 12% over the next 5 years
Solutions
Improve environmental quality for pedestrians
Access to the city centre through public and private transport facilities
Make the city a highly attractive place to visit and do business
New Street Development
Newly Paved and Pedestrianised
Trees and Grass make it feel more natural
Street lighting
Widened, more spacious
Benches, Bins etc
Bull Ring
Plans made to rebuild the Bull Ring in 1980s
Demolished in 2000
Largest retail regeneration project in Europe
cost £500 million
Reopened in June 2003
Mail Box
Used to be Royal Mail sorting office
Inside redeveloped into a multi-use mall
Uses
40 retail outlets: Emporio Armani, Harvey Nichols
Two Hotels: Malmaison and Days Hotel
Office Space: HQ for BBC Birmingham
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