CP - Changing Places

Question 1

How Gov policies affect character of place::

Answer 1

1 - Demographic charcteristics:
- China one child rule rduce pop
2 - Cultural charcterostics
- controlling immigration e.g Ger fov invites Turksih people 1960s therefore Turksih culture bceom large part of Ger culture e.g Turkish second most spoken lang
3 - Economci /social/ demo charcteritics
- Regeneration schemes:
manchester ‘Hulme city chllange partneship’ new house, park, shopping areas, arts venue, business park – increase pop, reudced uneplyment, increased quality of life

Question 2

How past connections shape present character of place:

Answer 2

1 - New York and London been conected to eachother + other cities by sea trade routes - this helped them become more wealthy, attract more poeple, encompass wide rnagecultures (now world cities) this is further stengthned hy globalisation

Question 3

How the ways places dveloped in the past affaects places charcter in present:

Answer 3

1 - Development natural resouces - lead to industrilisation of area due to abdunet of oil/coal reserves
2 - Industrial rveolution - large scale - urbna rual migration - indutsria cnetres today remain as large cities with high pop e.g sheefield major cnetre steel industry resulting in a high pop when those jobs were availble
3 - Deindustrilisation - cities remained high populated but less well connected due to dcreased trade (reudced flows) + economci and social decline e.g Sheefiled closure factories - derelict, mass unempyment and red pop

Question 4

How Sheffiels character has been shaped by past and present connections and developments?

Answer 4

• Still characterised as industrial city: still steel maket, consevrtaion area to presnve historically sig roads and builidngs, new art installtions reflecy indstrila charcetr
• New connections: charcterised as studney city houses 50,000 studnets 2 unis
• New connections with high tech industries:
  Mclauren atomative announce they will build a plany to build carbo fibre chassis for New vechile
• City council -re-branding’ it os outdoor city - boost tourism, possibly affecting charcetr: eocnomy, flows in