Liverpool case study

Excellent Development Map: http://www.liverpoolvision.co.uk/changingcity/map.asp

The Paradise Project: http://www.liverpoolpsda.co.uk/

Rope Walks regeneration: http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=1108&aspectid=23

Hope Street: http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=1977&aspectid=23

Kings Waterfront: http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=806

Out of town shopping centres - a curse or a blessing?

The commercial heart of many market towns is being destroyed by the growth in out-of-town supermarkets, according to a report. More info on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/179775.stm

"Parking tax on out-of-town shoppers to save high street" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article689567.ece

"Proposals give supermarkets an easy ride to out-of-town centres" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1821558.ece

Southampton City Centre - vibrant hub or dead heart?

Southampton City Centre vision - PDF files http://www.new-epoc.net/project-components/folder.2005-01-24.6711493498/folder.2005-01-24.9946057321/city-stories-case-studies/southampton-city-centre-vision-2/view

Does Southampton need another shopping centre? http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/3979436.Southampton_s____100m_shopping_centre_a_step_nearer/

DME - 26th January 2009

The DME is just around the corner, so it is a good time to start our preparation.

This exercise/exam is all about sustainability /sustainable development which we can define as :
"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland, 1987).

The title for the 2009 DME is: CITY CENTRES – VIBRANT HUB OR DEAD HEART?

Footpath erosion - Lulworth 2008

Location: Lulworth	Width of eroded area (mm)	Depth of eroded area (mm)	Other evidence (e.g. footprints, damage to plants)
Path behind Stair Hole	2390	70	No grass, worn pathway
	1880	150
	1900	70
	2100	40
	1900	20

Footpath erosion - Studland 2008

Location: Studland	Width of eroded area (mm)	Depth of eroded area (mm)	Other evidence (e.g. footprints, damage to plants)
Path behind the main car park	2370	200	Tree roots, artificial step to hold soil, width of duckboards – 930 mm
	2400	290
	2410	220
	2190	410

Litter survey - Lulworth 2008

Location: Lulworth	11th June	12th June	13th June
Beach	none	1 can 3 cig butts	N/A
Car Park	N/A	2 lollypop sticks 1 shoe lace 1 paper wrapper 1 cig butt	1 bottle cap 1 lollypop stick
Field above Cove	1 plastic wrapper 2 paper wrappers 1 tissue	none	N/A
Visitor Centre	2 cig butts	4 cig butts 2 paper wrappers 1 tissue 1 plastic wrapper	9 cig butts 4 plastic wrappers 2 bottle caps 1 tissue 1 lollypop stick

Litter survey - Studland 2008

Location: Studland	11th June	12th June	13th June
Beach	none	2 lollypop sticks 2 plastic wrappers 2 paper wrappers	1 plastic wrapper
Car Park	2 paper wrappers 1 plastic wrapper	1 paper wrapper 1 plastic cup 1 plastic wrapper 1 cig butt 1 foil	1 tissue 1 plastic wrapper 1 bottle cap
Behind dunes	none	1 tissue 2 plastic wrappers 2 cig butts	none
Visitor Centre	5 lollypop sticks 1 plastic wrapper	1 cig butt 3 paper wrappers 1 plastic wrapper	1 paper wrapper

Car park survey - Lulworth 2008

Type of vehicle	11th June	12th June	13th June
Cars	216	155	184
Coaches/ buses	9	2	9
Lorries	0	0	1
Motorbikes	1	5	0
Vans	3	7	5
Cycles	0	0	0

Car park survey - Studland 2008

Type of vehicle	11th June	12th June	13th June
Cars	70	37	32
Coaches/ buses	3	1	3
Lorries	0	0	0
Motorbikes	1	0	0
Vans	6	3	7
Cycles	0	0	0