Changing spaces; making places Flashcards
what is a place
‘places are multi-faceted, shaped by shifting flows and connections change over time’
how can places change
- people migration
- regeneration
- climate
- physical hazards
characteristics of a place
- the physical geography
- demography
- socio economic
- cultural
- political
- built enviornment
whats a space
a space exists between places and doesnt have the meanings that places do
factors affecting peoples perception of place
- age
- gender
- sexuality
- religion
- role
what give us an emotial attachment to a place
- relatives
- memories
- religion
factors/indicators determining standard of living, quality of life
- social eg crime, free school meals
- physical eg quality of housing, level of pollution
- political
- economic eg access to leisure services and open spaces, types of job, percentage of lone pensioners
how to measure inequality
- income/wealth/employment
- housing
- education
- healthcare
whats the tertiary sector
economic activites providing services eg eduction and health
whats the quaternary sector
economic activites that provide services to other economic activites eg finance
whats the multiplier effect
positive change, the process by which a new or expanding economic activity in an area creates additional employment as its employees have money to spend on goods and services
