Edexcel AS Unit 2 Global Investigations-Friday 20th May 2016

For the last question on rebranding i was talking about the Cardroom Estate being transformed into New Islington in Manchester. But at the top where it asked for the location i just said it Manchester. This doesn't matter though, right? I still mentioned the places in the question.

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Original post by Andrew Dainty

For the last question on rebranding i was talking about the Cardroom Estate being transformed into New Islington in Manchester. But at the top where it asked for the location i just said it Manchester. This doesn't matter though, right? I still mentioned the places in the question.

I think your bigger worry should be that the question was actually asking about the need to rebrand, not the strategy
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Original post by harryleavey

I think your bigger worry should be that the question was actually asking about the need to rebrand, not the strategy
:o:

S

I mentioned both so hopefully i can get a decent score on that question. I overall found that paper really nice so hopefully i would have gathered enough marks to make up for it :smile:

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Original post by Andrew Dainty

I mentioned both so hopefully i can get a decent score on that question. I overall found that paper really nice so hopefully i would have gathered enough marks to make up for it :smile:

Ok, I didn't like the Stratford question with the resource. I found that I was repeating myself and I didn't structure my answer very well.

What did you say for this question (trends in additional income over time)?

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For those who did extreme weather, what 2 strategies did you write for the management?
I did drought:
- Desalinisation
- Farming Technique: Zai Farming

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AindowJ

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Original post by Davidych

I am sorry mate, but I am afraid this wouldn't get many marks as Cornwall is recognized as a rural area, and the question was specifically asking about urban, and therefore you should have talked about rebranding before London olympics, Canary Wharf in London etc...
Or manchester, Or Birmingham or whatever other case studies you did but cornwall. May be even about your fieldwork.

From what I have read from old mark schemes, I think you may get up to a limit of 4 for writing about a rural area, depending on whether they've been more strict this year

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Original post by harryleavey

Ok, I didn't like the Stratford question with the resource. I found that I was repeating myself and I didn't structure my answer very well.

What did you say for this question (trends in additional income over time)?

I think I started off stating the conditions of Stratford (employment, income, crime rate etc.) and how it was needed to be rebranded since it was facing a spiral of decline. I then stated that the income grew throughout the 7 years as the planning of the 2012 London olympics. Derelict buildings rebuilt/destroyed, constructions of the stadium and facilities around the reigon provided jobs for the locals. An increase of tourists generates more money which contributes to the vituous cycle etc. A peak in 2012 due to the games of around £7.8 billion that year.

Legacy buildings were built (olympic stadium, westfield shopping centre). These provided an increased income for the future, projection estimates to continue to make around £2.8 billion per year, compaired to around £0.1 billion before 2005, since the facilities were build with sustainability in mind. I gave the example of the wings of the olympic stadium and that they were removed after the games, so the maintenance costs reduced. More peope are likely to visit the area and residents are more likely to stay, lower crime rate makes people feel safer etc.

I think that was most of it :smile:

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nicoleaa

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Original post by harryleavey

Pretty sure Cornwall is not a city!

yeah, just checked that. i'm an idiot :redface:

well lucky, i did el raval which i know for sure is an urban case study.

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nicoleaa

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Original post by Eggfriedrice123

I didn't tick which question to do, will it still get marked?

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i would suggest getting your school to email the exam board letting them know your question choices! to avoid the possibilities of them not marking.

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WurfWurf

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Original post by harryleavey

I think your bigger worry should be that the question was actually asking about the need to rebrand, not the strategy
:o:

S

Actually the question was open ended and in past tense and you could talk about something that needed rebranding and say what has happened since. (An area that needed rebranding) so better evaluations would say what happened to the area.

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Original post by WurfWurf

Actually the question was open ended and in past tense and you could talk about something that needed rebranding and say what has happened since. (An area that needed rebranding) so better evaluations would say what happened to the area.

Phew!

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