Changing Spaces; Making Places

Question 1

Place profile: demography(4)

Answer 1

•gender, age of inhabitants, ethnicity, number of inhabitants

Question 2

Place profile: physical geography( 6)

Answer 2

•altitude, aspect, geology, drainage, slope angle, river/inland

Question 3

Place profile: political (4)

Answer 3

•national, regional, local governments,housing residents association

Question 4

Place profile: cultural(4)

Answer 4

•local clubs, local traditions, societies, religion

Question 5

Place profile: built environment (5)

Answer 5

• Road layout, building materials, density of housing, age and style of buildings

Question 6

Place profile: socio-economic(4)

Answer 6

• Family status, education, employment, income

Question 7

What is a place?

Answer 7

Place has objective(a postcode or coordinates on a map) and subjective( aspect of a place humans move added)

Question 8

What is a place?

Answer 8

Place has objective(a postcode or coordinates on a map) and subjective( aspect of a place humans move added)

Question 9

What is a space?

Answer 9

Spaces have no personal meaning to a person, but is different for each person ( e.g. The ocean is a space to me but a workplace to fisherman)

Question 10

Qualities of a place:

Answer 10

Location-where on a map
Locale.- effect that people have on the place
Sense of place: subjective/emotional attachment

Question 11

Why are 1:25000 OS maps useful at sub-regional levels?

Answer 11

• Describing and explaining overall internal structure of towns and cities
• describing house type and the layout of areas
• describing local infrastructure and services
• plotting rural and urban land use
• detailed relief

Question 12

Disadvantages of 1:25000 OS maps:

Answer 12

• No visual of surrounding areas
  -quality of housing can’t be seen
• can’t see built environment
• can’t see physical landscape

Question 13

Why are 1:50000 OS maps useful at regional levels?

Answer 13

• Describing and explaining settlement patterns
• describing and explaining site and situation of settlements.
• describing the distribution of settlements across the region
• describing regional infrastructure and transport links
• describing regional physical characteristics

Question 14

How can we investigate the demography of a mapped area?

Answer 14

• Census data, crime data, articles, records, files. (Secondary data)
• fieldwork(primary data)

Question 15

What is census data?

Answer 15

Data that represents the demographic of a place (employment, education, religion etc…)

Question 16

Why is census data useful?

Answer 16

Easy to compare and reference the socio economic and demographic data of an area.

Question 17

Limitations of census data:

Answer 17

-10 years difference between results of data (can become out of date quickly)
-not everyone will complete the forms on the same day (lots of room for inaccuracies)

Question 18

2 types of digital data

Answer 18

Socio economic and crime data

Question 19

2 disadvantages of digital data:

Answer 19

-misuse of information
-unreliability (websites can be hacked)

Question 20

2 advantages of digital data:

Answer 20

-easy to access/acquire faster
-cost effective

Question 21

What is crowd source data?

Answer 21

-a participatory method of building a database with the help of a large group of people (e.g. Wikipedia)

Question 22

Example of crowd source data

Answer 22

Twitter: Coca Cola crowd sourced a new flavour via twitter.

Question 23

4 disadvantages of crowd source data:

Answer 23

-often difficult to scale as it can be challenging to manage and coordinate a large number if anonymous contributors
-questioned reliability
-potential for exploitation
-security and privacy risks

Question 24

Factors of place perception

Answer 24

• Age
• Gender
• Sexuality
• Religion
• Role

Question 25

Definition of DIASPORA

Answer 25

A diaspora is a group of people with similar heritage/ homeland who have settled elsewhere in the world but are still interested-connected

Question 26

Informal representation: what is it? + examples

Answer 26

A representation of a place that shows the geographical context of a place through the media, which offers sounds and sights of a place

Examples: songs, films, TV shows, poetry, and photos

Question 27

What is formal representation of a place + examples

Answer 27

Formal representations offer rational perspective of a place profile, such as numbers of people living in a place, their ages, gender and education

Question 28

Spatial inequality:

Answer 28

The unequal distribution of factors such as income, wealth, or healthcare across geographic space at any scale

Question 29

Standard of living (SoL):

Answer 29

The ability to access services and goos such as clothes, food, water, housing and personal mobility

Question 30

Quality of Life (QoL):

Answer 30

The extent to which peoples’ needs and desires are seen in treatment of people and services available

Question 31

Economic indicators of QoL and SoL:

Answer 31

-level of income
-% of lone pensioners
-access to employment

Question 32

Social indicators of QoL and SoL:

Answer 32

-standards of education
-crime rates
-% of population on state benefits

Question 33

Environmental indicators of QoL and SoL:

Answer 33

-vandalism
-incidents of litter
-quality of housing
-pollution

Question 34

Political indicators of QoL and SoL:

Answer 34

-opportunities to participate in community life and influence decisions

Question 35

What does IMD stand for?

Answer 35

The Index of Multiple Deprivation

Question 36

What is the Gini Coefficient?

Answer 36

A technique that can be used to measure the levels of income inequality within countries