Geographical issue evaluation

Unit 4B

Advance Information Booklet

Objectives

To suggest a set of examination questions about the booklet under a range of appropriate headings

To begin working out answers to these questions

Success Criteria

I have identified a wide range of possible questions

Starter

How do we go about preparing for this exam?

See Textbook page 307-8

Summarise a given set of information

What is the booklet about? Page 3 Summarise the historical background to

Belfast. (p3) What were the responsibilities of the

Laganside Corporation? (p4-5) How successful has it been? What further ideas do the Corporation

have for development in the area? (p6)

Summarise a given set of information

What are the objectives of the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy? p8

How do these compare with the objectives of the Laganside Corporation?

How is the ‘Multiple Deprivation Measure’ arrived at?

Which Neighbourhood renewal area is being studied?

Summarise a given set of information

What is the North Belfast partnership? Compare the socio-economic

characteristics for Inner North Belfast, Belfast and Northern Ireland.

What is a SOA? Identify the biggest problems in Duncairn

1 SOA and Duncairn 2 SOA

Summarise a given set of information

Summarise the key features of Item 6

Identify problems/issues/concerns

Identify the problems existing in inner city Belfast when the Laganside corporation was set up.

To what extent did the Laganside Corporation address these issues?

To what extent is it true that Laganside only dealt with problems associated with the physical structure of the inner city and left the social problems untouched?

Identify problems/issues/concerns

How did the projects work provide solutions to the problems of unemployment?

To what extent are the problems of inner city Belfast economic and social rather than political?

The SOA data for the Duncairn areas is extremely varied. Highlight the key issues which need to be addressed.

Consider a variety of proposals

Examine the proposals on page 6. To what extent would these enhance Laganside’s legacy?

To what extent would these help to solve the problems of inner city areas such as Duncairn?

Evaluate each of the proposals

Evaluate each of the proposals made on page 6.

Assess the value of the Corporation’s projects in the light of its objectives. (page 4)

Place these proposals in rank order

Put the proposals in rank order from most important/useful to least important

Justify that rank order

Recommend the best way to manage the proposals in the light of possible problems/conflicts

What problems could arise as a result of the implementation of the proposed schemes?

Now suggest a way round the problems identified

Examine the difficulties that may arise in implementation

Identify any difficulties in the implementation of the proposals.

Which are the most significant difficulties?

Why?

Make a decision

What are you going to do?

Justify a decision

Explain why.

The final question/section

Short and long term effects Local, regional and national

considerations Spatial (geographical) impacts of each

proposal Social, economic, environmental impacts Costs and benefits of each proposal Effects of each proposal on different

groups of people in the area