changing places Flashcards
Name the case studies for changing rural environments
Harbury
Totnes
Rhyd Snowdonia
Glastonbury
Name the case studies for changing urban environments
Seoul South Korea
Detroit
Describe characteristics of Rhyd Snowdonia
37 population
15 houses - 5 second homes
No services
8 miles to nearest small town
Few local jobs in farming
Minor roads
Describe the location and human and physical characteristics of Glastonbury
Somerset , south Bristol
Human
- Glastonbury abbey and tor
- holy grail
- quaint shopping streets
Physical
- based in a valley
- impermeable soils
- waterlogged
Describe the flows into Glastonbury
Flows of people
- 4/5 days in June
- 210000 people for the festival
Flows of money
- £30m yearly
- benefits local business
Describe Glastonbury’s sense of place
Great spiritual importance
International music festival
Describe what’s happening in totnes
Fighting resistance against totnes costa opening
Locals are resistant to change
Preventing clone town
Describe harburys location
Near to m40
Access to Warwick, leam, Birmingham
Near to JLR and services for work
Describe the economic character of harbury
Commuter village
72% travel to work by car
Dormitory settlement
JLR employs 2000
Range of services (coop, hairdressers, nail salon etc)
Describe the demographics of harbury
Rising population - 4617
average age 39
Expanding as new houses built
Describe characteristics of Detroit
Largest city in Michigan
Most dangerous city 2012-2014
Homicide rate
1960-10.3 per 100000
2020-41.6 per 100000
Capita income
2013- 36% population below poverty
Describe the characteristics of Seoul, South Korea
High land value
Homogenised area
High rise apartments
CBD - skyscrapers, international firms
Edge of town developments , decentralisation
Global firms - McDonald’s, 7-11, Barclays
Korean firms in other countries- Hyundai , Samsung
Landmarks - Gwanghwamun square
Population of Seoul
9.7 million
Describe what happened in the urban redevelopment project in Seoul
Cheong gye cheon river
3.6 miles restored
Planted along the stream
Flood relief channel
Bus lane added
Positives and negatives of the urban redevelopment project
Increased biodiversity
Decreased UHI and air pollution
Improved public transport
Cost $360 m
Unsustainable water practice
Describe Scarboroughs location
East coast - holderness
A46
Transpennine express railway
Humberside airport
Describe the history of Scarborough and how it’s changed
Middle Ages - castle, natural harbour, 6 week fair
1600 - medicinal spring water , Scarborough spa
18-19th - grand hotel , railway access , sun bathing , health benefits
Present - seaside resort , fishing industry , less popular
Describe what happened in Plymouth
Rebranding
Reimagining
Regeneration
5 new signs - ‘Britains ocean city’
£85000
£25m international history centre
Aims of the regeneration in Plymouth
Connects with past
Secure economic future
Promote enhance its image
Why was Plymouth chosen
For 400th mayflower landing anniversary
What external influences impacted bengaluru
Call centres - British airways , Norwich union
Technical development- google, deutsche bank , BT , HSBC
Describe the character of bengaluru
Globalisation
India’s 3rd most populated city
Silicon Valley
Hub of it
Affluent
Taxi firms
Lots of young workers
6 shopping malls
Physical geography and topography of southam
River Stowe , river itchen
Blue lias clay
80-110m - relatively flat
Land use and built environment of southam
Agriculture - grebes farm, holt farm
Industry - Holywell business park , insight park
Housing/residential
Holywell - 998
St James church - 14th c
Old mint pub - 17th c
Location of southam
Near Warwick, leam, Banbury, rugby , cov
Midlands
M40, A423
Describe exogenous factors of southam
People - commuters, sports grounds , 14.5% migrants
Capital - investment Taylor wimpey homes, business parks
Resources - food market
Ideas - new library design , new school design
Bypass, Tesco built
Describe how the population had changed in Southan and what caused it
1800 - 935 people, railway built that never passed through southam , canal system bypasses
1900s - old industry died out , cement works took over, approx 2000
Now 8114 people
1960s - school built ‘57, car ownership increased , rapid pop growth
1980s - bypass constructed A423, M40 built, population rapidly increased
Describe the economic changing character in Southam
92% employed
3.6% unemployment
20% managerial positions
73% home ownership
£300k on average
Agriculture markets , cement , clock making - now mainly light manufacturing, retail , leisure centre , schools etc
Past lived experiences of southam
Strong sense of community - pop. under 2000
Employed in agri, clock making, cement manufacturing
Good bus routes
Market town
Population change in 1960s
Present lived experience of southam
Mop fair
Market still happens
Decreased crime rates
Affluent
95% white , 4% ethnic
Strong sense of place
Commuter town
Lots of families
Home town
Explain the demographics of southam
95% white
73% home ownership
25% degree above national average
Large population increase
Commuters
Social inequalities in southam
North west Southam ranked top 50% least deprived in the country
14 crimes
South southam top 20% least deprived
5 crimes
Describe bengalurus economic character (positives and negatives)
High skilled jobs
Migrants join employment ladder
Tertiary and quaternary industries
Hub of it
Silicon Valley
Wages are 10% londons wages
Power cuts
Migrants don’t have skills for high tech jobs
Describes bengalurus demographic character
Population has doubled
High birth rates
India’s 3rd most populates city
High skilled universities
Divided class - discrimination
Describe land use of bengaluru
Growth of gated suburbs
Growth of services - 6 new shopping malls , new bars , cafes
Growth of slums - 20% live in slums
Loss of traditional buildings
Rubbish dumps - city of burning lakes
External influences in Bangaluru
Call centre - British airways , Norwich union
Technical development/ support - deutsche bank , google, BT , HSBC
Describe how rebranding has happened in Scarborough
Urban renaissance programme
Sealife centre opened
Open air theatre opened
Alpamare water park opened
Impacts of Syrian migration in Lebanon
1 million migrants from Syria
400000 from Palestine
GDP has dropped by 2.75%
Costing $7.5billion
world bank impact on Haiti
15 development projects to help recovery after disaster
Reconstruction of homes etc
$20 million after covid
$50 to develop private sector jobs
