4A Regenerating Places Flashcards
What is rural-urban continuum?
The unbroken transition from sparsely populated or unpopulated, remote rural places to densely populated, intensively used urban places
What is place?
Geographical spaces shaped by individuals and communities over time
Definition= Players (stakeholders)
Regeneration involves a range of players (locals, planners, developers) who attempt to modify places to make them more productive and attractive places to live, work and use for leisure
Definition= Regeneration
Long-term upgrading of existing places or more drastic renewal schemes for urban residential, retail, industrial and commercial areas, as well as rural areas
Definition= Rebranding
-Ways in which a place is deliberately reinvented for economic reasons, and then marketed using its new identity to attract new investors
-the marketing aspect of regeneration designed to attract businesses, residents and visitors. It often includes reimagine. Ways in which a place is deliberately reinvented for economic reasons, and then marketed using its new identity to attract new investors
Definition= Socio-economic
Relating to or concerned with the interaction of social and economic factors
Socio-economic inequalities:
-regional inequalities= incomes vary between areas
-variations in quality of life
-occupation and life expectancy
-income and health
-variations in educational achievement
Definition= Re-imaging
-How the image of a place is changed, how it is portrayed in the media
-making a place more attractive and desirable to invest and live in or visit
Definition= Gentrification
A change in social status, whereby former working-class inner-city areas become occupied and renewed by the middle class
Definition= Re-urbanisation
A flow of people back into cities to live (reversing decades of population decline)
Changes that have affected places in the UK:
- Globalisation (result of manufactured goods being produced more cheaply overseas)
- Employment change (more people are now in higher income jobs)
- Inward migration (growing economy and ageing population has led to a need for overseas workers)
Demographic structure:
May change by age, gender and socio- economic status
Definition= Characteristics
Physical and human aspects that help distinguish one place from another
Definition: Studentification
Students often cluster in certain areas of larger towns and cities. Their absence during most holidays and their sometimes antisocial behaviour when resident may cause conflicts. Government wants to regenerate these areas by capping the number of houses in multiple occupation
Definition: Sun-belt
Cities with a sunny and warm climate that have experienced rapid growth
Definition= Negative multiplier
A downward spiral or cycle, where economic conditions produce less spending and less incentive for businesses to invest (therefore reducing opportunities)
Definition= Functional change
Reasons why places have changed their function
Definition= Pre-industrial
Rural areas producing food coming together at a market town then developing administrative functions (banks,law,financial)
Definition= Industrial
Mechanisation reduced the need for agricultural labour. Workers relocated to city’s to get jobs in factories. Cities had a more commercial function (courts, headquarters of companies)
Definition= Post-industrial
Goods now transported globally, towns need to compete. They often seek a specialised function, such as retail, leisure.
Impacts on in-migration of place, example of demographic change:
- affluent people move into an area
- new money in the area leads to improvement in the place
- landlords will increase the price of rent
- people who lived there before are priced out
- the overall value of the area increases
How do we measure success? (Successful places)
-high levels of employment
-high output (GP)
-in-migration
-high quality of life
-low levels of deprivation
How do we measure success? (Unsuccessful places)
-low levels of employment
-low output (GDP)
-out-migration
-low quality of life
-high levels of deprivation
Measuring quality of life: (HDI)
-gross national income
-life expectancy
-literacy
How can we measure quality of life?
-HDI
-Health/where do we live/what do we do
-economic security
-job satisfaction
-work life balance
-education and training
-local and natural environment
-in Uk- ONS(neighbourhood statistics and IMD(Index of multiple deprivation)