2. Where? What? Why? When? Who?

3. Key questions What are the different areas found in a MEDC city? How has Swansea’s CBD changed? What is the land used for in Swansea CBD? Where are these land uses found in Swansea’s CBD?

4. What does this show? A – CBD B – Manufacturing area (the twilight zone) C – Old inner city D – Medium class residential (interwar housing) E – High class residential outer suburbs

5. Burgess land-use zone model A – CBD B – Inner city Manufacturing area C – Inner city housing (the twilight zone) D – Inner suburbs - Medium class residential (interwar housing) E – Outer suburbs - High class residential (Modern houses)

6. Swansea How has Swansea’s CBD changed? Housing shops factories roads other services e.g. leisure

7. Old South Dock & Spontex factory – Marina 1980s Old Gasworks – Tesco 1990s 1940s bomb damaged centre 1960s City Centre Shops – redeveloped Old North Dock – Parc Tawe shops and leisure 1985 Prince of Wales Docks – 2004 SA1 - Swansea Waterfront Congestion around Tawe bridges – E/W Fabian Way Quadrant Centre County Hall Wind Street - Café Quarter Swansea High Street 2014 ‘mixed Urban Village use’ St. David’s Shopping Centre demolished 2013 – extend Quadrant?

8. Swansea City AFC left the Vetch Field Now the ‘Vetch Veg’ allotment for inner city community Future development? Moved to Liberty Stadium purpose built About 2Kms north towards Enterprise Park

9. The docks have changed! – they had to.

10. The South Dock has been changed to the Marina District

11. The North Dock was filled in to become Parc Tawe A retail park found in the far east of the CBD along the River Tawe. Much of this is comprehensive redevelopment

12. The Prince of Wales Dock is being redesigned as SA1 -Swansea Waterfront -With some protected landmarks -New housing -And new offices

13. Swansea was heavily bombed in WWII The city centre had to be largely rebuilt

14. The City Centre around Castle Square A lot of concrete was used – back in the 1960s Now it is being redeveloped

15. What is the land used for in Swansea CBD?

16. The main retail area is located in the centre of the CBD, along Oxford Street which is pedestrianised and home to national chain stores.

17. Just south of Oxford Street is Swansea Market – Wales largest indoor market and the Quadrant which is a large indoor shopping centre with big name chain and department stores such as Debenhams.

18. St. David’s Centre Completed in 1982, the complex was unsuccessful, in terms of filling its outlet spaces and retaining customers. Demolished in Autumn 2013. Now left as a car park with the Quadrant Centre behind it.

19. What is the land used for in Swansea CBD? Wind Street Museum / Leisure Quarter

20. Wind Street is being retained as the café quarter –narrow streets are common in the older areas of the CBD It is located in the East of the CBD, surrounding the main retail area. Salubrious Place is a new hotel and Leisure complex at the end of Wind Street.

21. The other main entertainment area is found on the Kingsway, north of Oxford Street (Retail). Here you can find bars, restaurants and clubs.

22. Leisure To the south of the Quadrant and Tesco’s is the leisure and culture area with the National Waterfront Museum. As well as the popular 1970s Leisure Centre - closed 2003 Reopened in March 2008 following refurbishment now called ‘The LC’

23. What is the land used for in Swansea CBD?

24. Office districts The main office area is located in the north of the CBD along the main roads of Mansel and Orchard street. Mix of low rise and high rise offices. Mansel Street Oldway Centre - 36 Orchard Street, Swansea

25. The Boulevard The main east west road through the city centre (Fabian Way to Oystermouth Road) is being redesigned. 2014

26. With the aid of a sketch map describe what the land is used for in a CBD that you have studied. (10marks) Ext - How has Swansea’s CBD changed? (5marks)

27. Deprivation

28. Inner city

29. Urban fabric

30. Swansea

31. Narrow roads

32. Terraced

33. Landore copper works

34. Townhill

35. Segregation

36. Liberty Stadium

37. Hafod

38. Unemployment

39. St. Thomas Ward

40. Education

41. Swansea Vale

42. Housing tenure

43. Alberto Culver

44. Sketty / Uplands / Brynmill

45. Age

46. Ethnic minority

47. Castle

48. Council housing

49. Suburbs

50. High tech industry

51. M4 Motorway

52. Healthcare

53. SA1 development

54. Detached

55. Grants

56. Evening post newspaper press

57. Affluent

58. Religion

59. Owner occupied