KEY STAGE 4 GEOGRAPHY
Quality of life in east London
Enquiry question: Is quality of life in east London improving as a result of regeneration?
Learning objectives
Knowledge and understanding
- Quality of life varies within east London
- One of the Olympic legacy aims was to improve living standards in east London
- Regeneration is changing quality of life around the Olympic Park
Geographical skills
- Assess urban environmental quality
- Select and use other fieldwork methods to assess quality of life
- Devise +/or carry out quality of life questionnaire
Learning outcomes
Most students will be able to:
- Carry out an urban environmental quality assessment
- Select and carry out other methods to assess quality of life
- Devise +/or carry out quality of life questionnaire
- Compare quality of life in two postcodes around the Olympic Park
- Assess the impact of regeneration on quality of life in east London
Pre-visit recommendation
Consider factors that influence quality of life. Option for students to devise their own quality of life questionnaire
Resources
Sheet 1: Factors that influence quality of life
Introduction
Meet at Stratford station. Point out visible changes that could affect quality of life, including transport, shopping and housing. Explain that one of the Olympic legacy aims was to improve living standards in east London. Discuss what fieldwork methods could be used to assess quality of life.
Resources
Sheet 2: London Legacy map
Fieldwork
Location 1: Carpenters Estate E15 Walk to the estate. Explain that this area is unchanged since pre-2012. Introduce environmental quality assessment. Introduce other possible fieldwork methods to assess quality of life, including housing and crime risk surveys. Students select which techniques to use.
Location 2: Stratford Town Centre Walk to town centre to carry out questionnaire and high street survey. Students could be split into two groups.
Location 3: East Village E20 Walk to East Village. Explain that this area was the Athletes Village in 2012. Repeat EQA, surveys and questionnaire in East Village.
Resources
Sheet 3: Carpenters Estate map
Sheet 4: Urban environmental quality assessment (x2)
Sheet 5: Housing survey (x2)
Sheet 6: Crime risk survey (x2)
Sheet 7: High street survey (x2)
Sheet 8: Quality of Life questionnaire (x2)
Sheet 9: Who can afford to live here?
Sheet 10: East Village map
Plenary
Complete sheet to compare quality of life in E15 and E20. Which area has the better quality of life? What makes it better? To what extent does regeneration help to improve quality of life? For who? Can regeneration make quality of life worse? How, and for who?
Resources
Sheet 11: Quality of life compared
