Definitions Flashcards
What is meant by regeneration?
Redeveloping former industrial areas or outdated housing to bring about economic or social change.
What is the difference between centrifugal and centripetal forces?
Centrifugal forces are what push people apart (e.g change in employment)
Centripetal forces are what draw people together (e.g strong sense of community).
What is deindustrialisation?
A decline in the manufacturing industry of an area
What is meant when an industry is ‘footloose’
When they can locate anywhere they choose
What is meant by gentrification?
a change in social status, whereby former working-class inner-city areas become occupied and renewed by the middle classes
What is the index of multiple deprivation?
an overall measure of deprivation which incorporates income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers to housing and services, and living environment
what is meant by deprivation?
lacking things that are considered normal or necessary by society like jobs, decent income, warmth, secure housing or access to health care. Multiple deprivation means lacking several of these.
what is meant by identity?
refers to the peoples feelings and perceptions and their shared beliefs, traditions and ways of life. it can create a sense of community and feeling part of a wider group of similar people.
