Changing places making spaces

Question 1

time space compression

Answer 1

a set of processes leading to a shrinking world caused by reductions in the relative distance between places

Question 2

deindustrialisation

Answer 2

the decline in importance of manufacturing in the economy of a country or region

Question 3

global shift

Answer 3

the locational movement of manufacturing production in particular from Acs to EDCs from the 1970s onwards

Question 4

inequality

Answer 4

the state of not being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities

Question 5

elements which make up a persons sense of a place

Answer 5

• age
• gender
• sexuality
• religion
• role

Question 6

what’s globalisation

Answer 6

the increasing connections between places and people across the planet, established through trade, politics and cultural exchanges, and helped by technology and transport’.

Question 7

whats a place

Answer 7

places are multi faceted shaped by shifting flows and connections which change over time

Question 8

characteristics of a place

Answer 8

• physical environment
• demography
• socio economic
• culture
• political
• built environment