Changing Places Flashcards
Facts about Killingworth New Town
- former mining community
- intended for 20,000 people
- castle style
- lake built in 1964
Define place making
the deliberate shaping of an environment
Define place
a location with meaning
Define placelesness
a particular landscape which could be anywhere
Define heterogenous
diverse in character/content
Define homogenisation
the process of making things uniform or similar
Give 3 factors facilitating homogenisation
- ICT developments
- increased international migration
- spread of ideas/culture
What is the primary sector?
farming
What is the secondary sector?
manufacturing
What is the tertiary industry?
seervices
What is the quarternary industry?
high-tech
Define perception of place
the way in which a place is viewed/regarded
Define location
where the place is
Define locale
a place where something happens/has an event associated with it
Define sense of place
the subjective/emotional attachment people have to a place
Endogenous facilities in Killingworth
-schools
-young people’s clubs
-white swan/lakeside centre
-football pitches
-St. John’s church hall
Palmersville metro station
Rising Sun country park
How many times has Shield’s Road been voted the worst highstreet in Britain?
twice
-ve’s of Byker
- loss of independent businesses
- antisocial=crime=scares away visitors
- neglected/unattractive
- needs investment from govt./council
- places close by with better facilities (Jesmond)
Media in Byker
TV series ‘Byker Grove’
some liked it but some thought it gave a negative representation of the north east
Killingworth/Byker census data comparison
- Population: higher in Byker
- Age: both working age
- Religion: both highest Christian, lowest Jewish
- % very good health: 7% higher in Killingworth
- Unemployment: over 2x higher in Byker
culture/media in Kilingworth
- 1973 sitcom ‘whatever happened to the likely lads?’
- ep. of doctor who filmed there
regeneration comparison of Killingworth/Byker
Killingworth improved:
- lakeside, 2007
- White swan centre
- good transport network
Byker in decline:
-loss of independent businesses
-Jesmond=better facilities
but-good transport links
Byker wall facts
- built between 1969-1982
- ethnically diverse
- good transport links
- houses approx. 9,500 people
- striking structure/multi-coloured
- strong community spirit
White swan centre facts
- contains 10,000ft^2 office space
- employs 600
- houses doctors surgery, library, small gym
Killingworth mean age 2001-2011
31-40
Killingworth religion 2001-2011
70% Christian-65% Christian
Killingworth housing owned outright 2002-2011
20%-27%
Facts about the Killingworth towers
- 3 tier housing estate built in early 1970s
- started to look/feel like a prison
- vandalism
- never widely popular, demolished in 1987