1.3.1: Relationships + connections Flashcards
Demographic
Factors that affect the character of a place
Population size and structure
Socio-economic
Factors that affect the character of a place
Employment and education opportunities, income health, crime rates
Factors that affect the character of a place
7
Demographic Socio-economic Cultural Physical geography Location Built environment Political
Cultural
Factors that affect the character of a place
Religion, customs, social behaviour and language
Physical geography (Factors that affect the character of a place)
Relief, features such as rivers, coasts and geology
Location
Factors that affect the character of a place
Urban or rural, relationships with other settlements
Built environment (Factors that affect the character of a place)
Land use, building type and density
Political
Factors that affect the character of a place
Role of government and council eg: planning regulations
Connections
Refer to any types of physical, social or online linkages between places
Place
A portion of geographic space to which meaning has been given by people.
MNC
Multinational corporation.
Business with factories in more than one country.
Different flows that shape the character of a place
Flows of people
Flows of resource
Flows of money
Flows of ideas
