Geography case studies - CSPM
also have ITV there too
→Has lots of transport links
Flow of…
→ people: lots of tourism (the canal and leisure it provides) and
attracts young people to work there
→ money: £30 million government investment for basic
infrastructure, Media city, tourism, lots of retail
→ resources: shipping links
→ ideas: Media city, universities
The contrasts between two places in social inequalities
Case study: Jembatan Besi (JB), Jakarta, Indonesia Case study: Northwood, Irvine, southern California
→ Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia, home to 10 million citizens. → Northwood is a community in the northern part of the City of
→ the wealthiest 10% of the country control 30% of all household Irvine in Orange County, California
income whereas the poorest 10% only control 3.4% → Ivrine was developed as a fully planned city in the 1960s
→ Just over ¼ of Jakarta's population live in slum settlements, and → classic edge city
more live in districts which ACs would call slums → cities vision is to create and maintain a community where people
→ Jembatan Besi is a slum in Jakarta about 4 km NW of the city can live, work and play in an environment that is safe, vibrant and
centre aesthetically pleasing
→ it has developed organically over the past 40 years as the cities → the city was developed around villages, of which Northwood is
population has grown one
→ Near the Ciliwung River → Northwood is located on the southern edge of Los Angeles
→ has a population of 4000 conurbation of about 10 km east of Newport beach on the pacific
Social and economic conditions ocean
→ reason why people live in slums like JB is that the demand for → 22,000 people love in northwood in over 8200 households
affordable housing greatly exceeds the supply → ⅓ of household are families with school age children
→ neither the government or private sector have has the resources Social and economic conditions
to cope with the increasing numbers of people wanting to live in → residents are well off financially
Jakarta → median income of US $86,500 a year, compared to a national
→ most people in JB struggle to make ends meet average of US $52,250
→ average income is US$4 per day - rarely regular → easy access to employment in Irvine
→ insecure employment as most residents unskilled → Seven TNCs have their USA headquarters in Irvine such as Kia
→ a lot of self employment within JB selling food or second hand Motors
good from waste tips → many opportunities for startup companies
→ little protection for the employed in the garment industry with → health care is above the national standard
few health and safety precautions → schools in Irvine are rated the best-achieving in the USA
→ health is a major concern with little sanitation → there are high educational standards many having first degrees
→ few homes have toilets and if they do they are often poorly built (68.5% of residents aged 25+) and 20.5% possessing masters or
or public ones run for profit by local businesses → toilets flush out doctorates
into open sewers into the streets → The overall crime rate in Northwood is 70% lower than the
→ no clean running water national average
→ groundwater supplies are available but polluted as JB is built on → Irvine is safer than 96% of the cities in california
a former waste tip → Violent crimes stands at 50 incidents per 100,000 people in
→ epidemics of water-borne diseases are common i.e. cholera and Irvine compared to 366 per 100,000 nationally
typhoid → car theft: 52 per 100,000 in Irvine compared to 220 per 100,000
→ tropical hot and humid climate means malaria is an issue as is nationally
also have ITV there too
→Has lots of transport links
Flow of…
→ people: lots of tourism (the canal and leisure it provides) and
attracts young people to work there
→ money: £30 million government investment for basic
infrastructure, Media city, tourism, lots of retail
→ resources: shipping links
→ ideas: Media city, universities
The contrasts between two places in social inequalities
Case study: Jembatan Besi (JB), Jakarta, Indonesia Case study: Northwood, Irvine, southern California
→ Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia, home to 10 million citizens. → Northwood is a community in the northern part of the City of
→ the wealthiest 10% of the country control 30% of all household Irvine in Orange County, California
income whereas the poorest 10% only control 3.4% → Ivrine was developed as a fully planned city in the 1960s
→ Just over ¼ of Jakarta's population live in slum settlements, and → classic edge city
more live in districts which ACs would call slums → cities vision is to create and maintain a community where people
→ Jembatan Besi is a slum in Jakarta about 4 km NW of the city can live, work and play in an environment that is safe, vibrant and
centre aesthetically pleasing
→ it has developed organically over the past 40 years as the cities → the city was developed around villages, of which Northwood is
population has grown one
→ Near the Ciliwung River → Northwood is located on the southern edge of Los Angeles
→ has a population of 4000 conurbation of about 10 km east of Newport beach on the pacific
Social and economic conditions ocean
→ reason why people live in slums like JB is that the demand for → 22,000 people love in northwood in over 8200 households
affordable housing greatly exceeds the supply → ⅓ of household are families with school age children
→ neither the government or private sector have has the resources Social and economic conditions
to cope with the increasing numbers of people wanting to live in → residents are well off financially
Jakarta → median income of US $86,500 a year, compared to a national
→ most people in JB struggle to make ends meet average of US $52,250
→ average income is US$4 per day - rarely regular → easy access to employment in Irvine
→ insecure employment as most residents unskilled → Seven TNCs have their USA headquarters in Irvine such as Kia
→ a lot of self employment within JB selling food or second hand Motors
good from waste tips → many opportunities for startup companies
→ little protection for the employed in the garment industry with → health care is above the national standard
few health and safety precautions → schools in Irvine are rated the best-achieving in the USA
→ health is a major concern with little sanitation → there are high educational standards many having first degrees
→ few homes have toilets and if they do they are often poorly built (68.5% of residents aged 25+) and 20.5% possessing masters or
or public ones run for profit by local businesses → toilets flush out doctorates
into open sewers into the streets → The overall crime rate in Northwood is 70% lower than the
→ no clean running water national average
→ groundwater supplies are available but polluted as JB is built on → Irvine is safer than 96% of the cities in california
a former waste tip → Violent crimes stands at 50 incidents per 100,000 people in
→ epidemics of water-borne diseases are common i.e. cholera and Irvine compared to 366 per 100,000 nationally
typhoid → car theft: 52 per 100,000 in Irvine compared to 220 per 100,000
→ tropical hot and humid climate means malaria is an issue as is nationally
