diverse place facts

Question 1

Truro popn characteristics

Answer 1

96% White, 25% have a degree, average age is 44, 25% of Truro is over 60

Question 2

Toronto popn characteristics

Answer 2

51%. born overseas, Avg age is 37,33% have a degree

Question 3

Waterfront
Characteristics/
Regeneration

Answer 3

68% have a degree, younger population (Yuppies and Dinkies).
40,000 new homes being built, 40,000 jobs created, 400 acres of new parks. Created a elite enclave.

Question 4

Chinatown characteristics

Answer 4

Older populations (families and older generation Chinese), lower incomes. Has changed over generations – now an older population as younger Chinese are more integrated and have moved out.
Built Environment has changed to reflect the ethnicity (shops, temples,
murals, street signs, shops sign of big chains)

Question 5

Migration to the UK (role of government as a
player)

Answer 5

Government encourage Windrush in 50s/60s and also from Indian
Subcontinent in 50s/60s
70s – large numbers from Uganda due to dictatorship – Government
opened up to them
80s – little migration to UK due to state of the economy
2004 – EU expanded (A8 countries joined (E.Europe)). UK gave right to
free movement
2010 – Points system introduced by government
2016 – Brexit – future uncertainty?

Question 6

Truro Cultural /
pop’n
characteristics

Answer 6

Former mining town (Stannary town), Georgian architecture, miners left
when mines shut. Now brain drain and counterurbanisation occur. Cloning has occurred

Question 7

London (characteristics over time)

Answer 7

Negative perception during Victorian era (polluted, dirty, crime). Now
perception more positive (jobs, nightlife etc), but still concerns about crime and affordability

Question 8

inner city

Answer 8

Social clustering happens due to INTERNAL (Pull) and EXTERNAL (Push)
factors. Perceptions based on age, ethnicity and income

Question 9

Suburbs

Answer 9

Perceptions based on age/stage of household life cycle, and ethnicity

Question 10

rural perceptions

Answer 10

60% of over 55s wish to counterurbanise. 100,000 per year do
counterurbanise. Cornwall has 700km of beaches. 1/3 of properties in
Kingsand are second homes. House prices are 14x the average wage. 1/5 of jobs are tourism (low pay and seasonal)

Question 11

media sources

Answer 11

TV (Poldark, Doc Martin), Social Media (Instagram), Newspaper, photo/paintings (Dickie 9 lives)

Question 12

Peterborough /Migration to the Uk

Answer 12

Beeches Primary school has 24 different languages. 1/10 of population
from E.Europe. Large agricultural industry. Fast growing economy. High
youth unemployment.
½ of all international migrants go to the S.East of UK (1/3 go to London)

Question 13

Cabbagetown

Answer 13

Gentrification – began in 1980s. House price average now over $1 million

Question 14

Regent Park (local strategy)

Answer 14

Low income deprived area. Regeneration began in 2010. 5,000 private
properties and 2,000 social housing (where rent is proportional to income). Construction apprenticeships created

Question 15

Canadian government (national strategy)

Answer 15

1971 multi-culturalism policy. Pluralism promoted – not assimilation.
Low levels of hate crimes. Asylum Seekers from eg Syria given free
English lessons and tickets to sports events.

Question 16

Cornwall (national strategy)

Answer 16

Created the Cornwall Enterprise Zone – lower business tax for first 5
years
Superfast Broadband – 95% can connect, Tregothnan Tea now sell to
China, created 2,000 jobs, funded by BT and the EU

Question 17

Cornwall (local strategy)

Answer 17

Eden Project – created 600 permanent jobs, built in old clay mine, also a
music venue, local sourced products sold