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Living Geography: Orgreave Mine

Orgreave Mine – 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 downloaded below.

  1. Lesson Plan
  2. Resource Five: decision matrix
  3. Resource Six: what is sustainable development?
  4. Resource Seven: DME Report Sheet
  5. Aerial Photo
  6. Proposal One: Science Park
  7. Proposal Two: Waverley Town
  8. Proposal Three: AMP Waverley Development
  9. OS / Multimap Extract
  10. Definition Sheet

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