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Orgreave - A Decision Making Exercise

This set of resources focuses on local regeneration and sustainable development in Rotherham. The key questions the exercise will address are:

Why do we need to regenerate Rotherham?
What are Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council's regeneration aims?
Why is Orgreave a suitable site for redevelopment?
What is sustainable development?
How can the Orgreave area be redeveloped and regenerated in a sustainable way?

Resource Downloads

All resources for this Decision Making Exercise can be download below. A Zip file containing the full set of resources is also provided at the foot of the page.

Lesson Plan (44k)

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Resource One: background information (1.3M)

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Resource Two: the site (2.8M)

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Resource Three: images and details relating to the site (3.0M)

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Resource Four: the regeneration proposals (211k)

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Resource Five: decision matrix (29k)

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Resource Six: what is sustainable development? (37k)

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Resource Seven: DME Report Sheet (32k)

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Aerial Photo (1.5M)

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Proposal One: Orgreave Science Park (154k)

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Proposal Two: Waverley Town (158k)

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Proposal Three: AMP Waverley Development (400k)

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Orgreave OS / Multimap Extract (282k)

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Definition Sheet (21k)

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Orgreave Resource Pack (7.7M)

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