2.1.2: meaning and representation Flashcards

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What are examples of formal representations?

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statistical, geospatial, demographics and census data

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What are examples of informal representations?

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popular media, photography, art, literature and poetry

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What are demographics?

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The statistical data of a population, especially those showing average age, income, education etc.

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What can demographics tell us?

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examples include: population, population density, age structure, gender and migration

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What is the index of multiple deprivation?

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This is a composite indicator (more that one element).
It is used to measure 38 separate indicators from 7 groups (domains). These include: Income, Employment, Health and disability ,Education,skills and training, Barriers to housing and services, Living environment, Crime

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What does the bid rent theory tell us?

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That as you move away from the PLVI the rental cost of the land decreases at different rates for different land uses.

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What is the PLVI?

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The peak land value intersection

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What are some examples of processes that change settlements?

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Filtering, globalisation, migration, gentrification, studentification

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What is filtering?

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The process whereby groups move away from the inner city towards the suburbs as their income increases.

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What is gentrification?

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the improvement of inner city areas/houses by higher income groups looking to move back into the inner city for shorter commutes and better access to opportunities.

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What is globalisation?

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The impact of world development on nations, regions, settlements and localities. The process by which the world is becoming increasingly interdependent as a result of increased integration and interdependence of the global economy.

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What four sub categories can globalisation be broken down into? And explain each.

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Economic- TNCs, online shopping, ICT development.
Political- The growth of trading blocs (e.g. EU) help TNCs
Social- Internation migration, social interconnectivity from technology, tourists( budget airlines)
cultural: circulation of ideas and information from the internet and social media

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What is studentification?

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A process that has increased following the added emphasis in the UK for a high percentage of the population to go to University from the 1980’s. So in cities with a university there is a high number of students living in the inner cities.

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What data can be used to prove gentrification and or studentification in an area?

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House price change, census data, media articles, income, student numbers etc

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What is migration?

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The movement of a person or a group of people, to settle in another place, often across a political or administrative boundary. Can be temporal or permanent and voluntary or forced.

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What impacts may migration have on a settlement?

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age, gender ethnicity etc

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Who lives in the inner city?

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Students, young families, single parent families, low income workers, NEETs, ethnic minorities.

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What are NEETs?

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Not in Employment, Education or Training

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What happens as you move away from the CBD in terms of housing?

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Land value decreases, density decreases, quality increases