Changing Places Flashcards
1
Q
What are local factors affecting the character of a place?
A
- Level of deprivation
- Amount of investment
- Employment structure
- Residency time
- Migration
- Crime rate
- Government influence
- Connectivity
- Living environment
- Service provision
2
Q
What are the regional factors affecting the character of a place?
A
- Amount of investment
- Migration
- Government influence
3
Q
What are the global factors affecting the character of a place?
A
- Amount of investment
- Migration
- Internet
- Globalisation
4
Q
What is the index of multiple deprivation?
A
- Based on 37 indicators
- Grouped into 7 domains
5
Q
What are demographic characteristics?
A
- Relating to structure of the population including, age, gender and ethnicity
6
Q
What are cultural chracteristics?
A
- Ideals
-Customs
-Social behaviour
7
Q
What are socio-economic characteristics?
A
- Social and economic experiences and realities that help mould ones personality, attitudes and lifestyle
8
Q
What factors influence a persons perception of a place?
A
- Sense of belonging and identity
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Lived experience
- Levels of deprivation
- Age
- Length of residence
9
Q
What are some examples of how a place is represented?
A
- Maps
- Books
- Paintings
- Reviews
- TV and film
- Music
- Adverts
10
Q
What is the primary sector?
A
- Economic activity that involves working with natural resources
11
Q
What is the secondary sector?
A
- Economic activity that involves making things, either by manufacturing or construction
12
Q
What is the tertiary sector?
A
- Economic activity providing a service
- Commercial, professional, entertainment and personal services
13
Q
What is the quaternary sector?
A
- Concerned with information, communication technology, research and development
14
Q
What is economic restructuring?
A
- Used to indicate the changes in the employment sectors of the economy
15
Q
What is structural unemployment?
A
- Unemployment resulting from economic restructuring
- Typically due to technological change
16
Q
What are the causes of growth in the tertiary sector?
A
- People have more disposable income to spend on services
- Reliable income and job security
- More people have education/qualifications
- Online domain (more jobs)
- Aging population (elderly people demand services)
17
Q
What are the causes of growth in the quaternary sector?
A
- Increasing investment in research and development
- Technology is evolving
- Economic restructuring
- Globalisation
- Government strategy
