Changing Places- Shifting Flows

Question 1

What was usually the main reason for change of place character?

Answer 1

Endogenous factors.
Eg: Natural resources create mining towns.

Question 2

What is the main cause for character change now?

Answer 2

Exogenous factors.
Eg: Flows of people, money, resources and ideas.

Question 3

What are demographic characteristics?

Answer 3

Who lives in a place and what they’re like; age, gender, education, religion, ethnicity and population size.

Question 4

What are the 4 flows?

Answer 4

-People
-Money
-Resources
-Ideas

Question 5

How do flows of people affect demographics of a place?

Answer 5

Flows of people can change any demographic characteristic of a place. Eg: Young people leaving rural areas and moving to the city.

Question 6

Give an example of flows of people affecting demographics at an international scale.

Answer 6

Large scale migration in areas in North Africa to Europe have lead to a gender misbalance of sine host towns as most of the migrants are male.

Question 7

How can flows of money and investment affect demographic?

Answer 7

Governments can increase money into specific areas in order to attract certain types of people to live there.

Question 8

Give an example of when flows of money and investment have affect demographic.

Answer 8

The London Docklands Development Corporation was set up by the government to redevelop the dockland areas of London to improve the economy and increase population in the area.

Question 9

How can flows of ideas and resources affect demographic?

Answer 9

Ideas such as the use of birth control can flow to new places and affect their demographic by reducing the birth rate.

Question 10

What are the cultural characteristics of a place?

Answer 10

How people love their lives, their food, clothing, traditions, language and values.

Question 11

How do flows of people affect the cultural characteristics of a place?

Answer 11

New people moving to a a place or even visiting it bring their culture with them which can change the characteristics of a place.

Question 12

Give an example of flows of people affecting cultural character of place?

Answer 12

20th century mass migration from commonwealth countries like India that have created multi ethnic communities.

Question 13

How do flows of money, investment and ideas impact the cultural characteristics of a place?
Give an example.

Answer 13

New cultural ideas can change the characteristics of those places. Eg: fast food companies like McDonald’s have opened many restaurants globally, changing eating habits in eastern countries like China.

Question 14

What are the economic characteristics of a place?

Answer 14

Everything to do with work and money like income and employment rates.

Question 15

How are economic characteristics affected by flows of people?
Give an example.

Answer 15

People visiting places can change the economic characteristics.
Eg: St Ives used to be a fishing settlement but is now a popular tourist destination altering the type of jobs available.

Question 16

How are economic characteristics impacted by flows of resources?

Answer 16

The outward flow of local produce can impact local economies. Products that were once consumed locally can now be sold to global markets.

Question 17

Give an example of economic characteristics being impacted by flow of resources.

Answer 17

Scottish whiskey industry is one of the largest industries in Scotland due to international exports bringing employment and money.

Question 18

How do flows of money and investment affect economic characteristics?

Answer 18

Can have positive and negative impacts on economic characteristics..

Question 19

Give an example of flows of money and investment having a negative effect on economic characteristics.

Answer 19

Reduced investment from global markets has led to the deindustrialisation which has damaged economies. Eg: thousands of jobs lost in south wales after coal mines closed.

Question 20

Give an example of flows of investment and money having a positive affect on economic characteristics.

Answer 20

Investment in finance industries in the city of London have created many high value service sector jobs and made it a wealthy place.

Question 21

What are the social characteristics of a place?

Answer 21

What peoples lives are like. Eg, quality of life and access to food, education, healthcare and leisure. If there are a difference in these factors it causes social inequality.

Question 22

How do flows of people affect social characteristics of place?

Answer 22

Regional migration from rural to urban areas has led to a change in social characteristics and social inequality.

Question 23

Give an example of flows of people affecting social characteristics.

Answer 23

In Mumbai in India, large scale rural to urban migration has resulted in slums. Migrants often have low quality of life with out access to electricity and clean water that the wealthier residents in these cities have.

Question 24

How do flows of resources impact social inequality?

Answer 24

The outward flow of natural resources from poorer countries can change the levels of inequality.

Question 25

Give an example of flows of realises affecting social inequality.

Answer 25

Large amounts of oil extracted in Nigeria exported to the rest of the world but the wealth generated only goes to a few individuals while large numbers remain in poverty.

Question 26

How do flows of money and investment affect social inequality?

Answer 26

The process of gentrification has improved the social characteristics of some places but also increased inequality.

Question 27

Give an example of how flows of money and investment have affected social inequality.

Answer 27

Notting Hill was once the most deprived area of London but levels of depreciation have lowered. As the area changed, social inequality between the wealthy newcomers and the existing residents has increased.