Case Study → Barnsley (Edexcel A-Level Geography): Revision Notes
📚 Revision Notes
Case Study → Barnsley
| Context | ● Bottom 20% IMD ● Low professional workforce ○ Historic dependence on mining & coal ∴ impacted by global shift ● Perception: Tour de Yorkshire, Tight Knit ● Income: Bottom 10% ● Crime: 10% most deprived ● Bottom 20% education ● 30% most deprived for living environment ○ Investment in brownfield sites = improved living environment ● 20% least deprived for housing • due to affordability ● Median age = 41 ● ASOS = Jobs |
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| Regional/ national | ● Austerity measures ↓ education & health ● Shift to knowledge economy |
| International/ global | ● Enterprise zones ● Objective one funding ● Global shift to services |