changing spaces making places

Question 1

What is demographic

Answer 1

Study of human population

Question 2

What is socio-economic

Answer 2

Jobs
Income
Status
Education

Question 3

What is cultural

Answer 3

Religion
Local tradition
Local clubs and societies

Question 4

What is political

Answer 4

National government
Regional government
Local government
Local groups

Question 5

Physical geography factors

Answer 5

Altitude
Slope angle
Aspect
Drainage
Geology

Question 6

Built environment

Answer 6

Age and style of buildings
Materials
Housing density

Question 7

Past and present connections

Answer 7

Regional
national
International
Global Scales

Question 8

Shifting flows of population

Answer 8

Migrations

Commuters

Question 9

What is a place

Answer 9

Somewhere you class as a location, people can class an area as a place when you might not

Question 10

What affects what we see as a place

Answer 10

Age (may gain or loose interest)
Work place
Gender (in some cultures a women PLACE is the home)
Safety (not safe during night)
Sexuality (Gay clubs)/ brighton seen as the gay capital of the world
Religious beliefs

Question 11

What is global village

Answer 11

The term used to convey the idea that the world has become smaller

Question 12

What is time-space compression

Answer 12

Idea that the space barrier between our world being connected is no longer there

Question 13

What is space

Answer 13

Is something abstract with no substantial meaning

Question 14

Ways of representing a place

Answer 14

Census every 10 years
Media
TV
Film

Question 15

Ways of representing a place

Answer 15

Census every 10 years
Media
TV
Film

Question 16

What is quality of life

Answer 16

The extent to which peoples needs and desires are met

Question 17

What is standard of living

Answer 17

The ability to access services and good e.g. water, food, clothes

Question 18

What is deprevation

Answer 18

More than just poverty, its when you have a general lack of resources and opportunities

Question 19

Urban decay reasons

Answer 19

Declining jobs, rising unemployment
Decline in services
Infrastructure deteriorate
More economically - active people move away
Increasing decay
Loss of investment confidence

Question 20

Issued associated with urban decay is poverty

Answer 20

Poverty
Poor accommodation
Strain
Poor education
Lack of opportunities and skills
Poverty

Question 21

What is social inequality

Answer 21

Income
Employment
Health
Education
Crime
Access to housing services
Living environment such as air quality

Question 22

Where does our money go

Answer 22

Helping others
The environment
Health
Our streets
Running government
Culture
Defence
Order and safety
Education

Question 23

What is globalisation

Answer 23

Spread of economic, cultural and social ideas, trade and business across the world

Question 24

What is localisation

Answer 24

Act of operating locally in terms of employees, product, supply or raw materials

Question 25

What is glocalisation

Answer 25

Combination of the words globalisation and localisation, used to describe products and services that are both developed and sold to global customers but designed so that they suit the needs of local markets

Question 26

How McDonalds adapt to different countires

Answer 26

Muslim countries pork is not used
No beef in hindu countries
Types of food are changed to local tastes e.g. Mcrice in indonesia
Staff have different uniforms