Block 1 (Changing Place; Changing Places - Relationships And Connections) Flashcards
Define place
A portion of geographic space to which meaning has been given by people
What is a ‘place’ made up of
Location characteristics + meaning
Places have characteristics that are constantly changing. List the characteristics
- Demographic (pop size + structure)
- Socio-economic (health, crime, employment, income, education)
- Cultural (religion, customs, language)
- Physical geog (relief, features, geology)
- Built environment (land use, building type, density)
- Political (government + council)
Are all places changing places?
Yes
How are the characteristics of places changed?
- Flows of people
- Flows of resources
- Flows of money
- Flows of ideas
What are the flows of people?
- Migration
- Travelling for work
- Second home ownership
- Studentification
How does migration change places? Give example
- Changes demographic living in area
- Bring culture, impact available services, may cause tension
- E.g. Birmingham - culture/services = Balti Triangle
- tension = 2005 race riots
How does travelling for work change places? Give example
- Changes demographic, houses and facilities available in commuter settlements
- E.g. Barnt Green, commuter s for Bham - 90% white working age
How does second home ownership change places? Give example
- Changes demographic and socio-economic characteristics (e.g. house prices rise)
- E.g. Salcombe - lots of second homes - average house price over £700,000
How does studentification change places? Give example
- Changes demographic, services and can increase tension
- E.g. Swansea - Brynmill (suburbs) 50% student lets, influences business, puts off residents (antisocial behaviour)
Define studentification
Neighbourhoods become dominated by student residential occupation
Define migration
(Often permanent) movement of people between or within countries
What are the flows of resources?
- Change in where resources come from, driven by industrialisation + deindustrialisation
How does industrialisation/deindustrialisation change places? Give example
- Change socio-economic, culture and built environment
- E.g. Reduced steelworks in N.Yorkshire (replaced by China - 50% steel in 2019) caused loss of community
What are the flows of money?
- FDI
- Removal of FDI
- MNC investment
How does FDI change places? Give example
- Changes socio-economics
- E.g Nissan invested £100 million in Sunderland - employment
How does removal of FDI change places? Give example
- Changes socio-economics
- E.g. Tata Steel removed Teeside investment - huge economic decline
How does MNC investment change places? Give example
- Changes socio-economics
- E.g. McDonalds in 118 countries - creating CLONE TOWNS (cultural homogeneity) and costly for healthcare
What are the flows of ideas?
- Ideas from planners/developers
- Ideas from knowledge hubs
How do ideas from planners/developers change places? Give example
- Their ideas stimulate redevelopment - change socio-economics, built area, demographic
- E.g. Grand Central redevelopment
How do ideas from knowledge hubs change places? Give example
- Causes cluster formation - changes socio-economics
- E.g. Cambridge Science Park - 1200 tech companies
Define globalisation
Increasing economic, social and political interconnectivity of people and places due to increased trade, transport, infrastructure and communication
How does globalisation affect changing characteristics of places?
Increased the rate of flows, therefore increasing rate of change
What is a negative view on globalisation?
Causes loss of uniqueness, through cultural homogeneity
