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