DIVERSE PLACES Flashcards
Acesssibility
How easy it is to travel to a place or interact with an individual.
Administrative Centre
Places that make decisions about how to organise infrastructure and economic activity for the surrounding areas.
Amenity Value
The value of a resource to locals and businesses (beaches, timber, coal).
Built Environment
The buildings and infrastructure within an urban area.
Capital
Productive assets, goods or financial stakes.
Central Business District
The centre of a city, containing a high density of
businesses and TNC headquarters.
Commuter
An individual who regularly travels a distance between their residence and their employment.
Cultural Enrichment
The addition of ideas, traditions and beliefs due to the arrival of new people.
Cultural Erosion
The loss of a culture, resulting in a change in ideas or disregard for traditions.
Culture
The way of life of a particular group of people at a particular time, generally customs and beliefs.
Demographic
The characteristics of a population.
Deprivation
Individuals lack basic services or objects they would expect to have in the 21st Century.
Dereliction
The loss of industry or productivity of a land, leaving it abandoned.
Diversification
Where a company may look to offer different services or sell a wider range of products to appeal to a new target audience.
Diversity
Variation within a population, in their characteristics, background and behaviour.
Elite Migrants
Migration due to an individual’s wealth or status, often investing in the host country through investment visas, property or business.
Empty Nester
A couple whose children have moved out (post-university age).
nvironmental Impact Assessment
The study of environmental impacts caused by large
business projects.
Ethnicity
The cultural background of a group of people, often based on religion or country of origin.
Exponential Growth
An ever more rapid increase in something. For example, the world’s population is growing exponentially.
Fertility Rate
The number of children born per 1000 women each year.
Gated Communities
Urban neighbourhoods surrounded by gates often to improve
privacy and safety. They can add to segregation within a community.
Gentrification
Renovation of older/deteriorating buildings or areas with the aim of attracting high-income individuals or elite businesses to a place.
Governance
The management of a place or group of people.
Idyll
A location with ideal living conditions and good qualities. Often based on a perception.
Inequality
Differences in income, well-being and wealth between individuals, communities and society.
Internal Migraion
The movement of people within a country.
International Migration
The movement of people from one country to another.
Life-Cycle Stage
The change in opinions and values at different stages of an individual’s
life.
Life Expectancy
The average number of years an individual is likely to live, determined at birth.
Lived Experience
The contribution of experiences and opportunities to an individual’s views and values.
Media
The publishing of information and production of entertainment (e.g. BBC, local newspapers, radio stations).
Mortality Rate
The number of deaths per thousand people.
Multicultural
The existence, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single geographic area.
Perception
A person’s view of a place or issue based on feelings, experience and outside forces such as the media.
Political Engagement
The willingness and ability of an individual to vote or join political parties or pressure groups.
Population Density
The number of people per square kilometre
Rebranding
Creating a new look or reputation for an area
Regional Disparity
The economic (or cultural) gap between different parts of a country
Rural-urban Contiuum
A range of living spaces running from remotest peripheral rural villages to the CBD of the city.
Sink Estates
Council estates that score badly on the Index of Multiple Deprivation..
Stakeholder
An individual with interest and influence within their community (residents, local businesses, farmers, NGOs).
Social Clustering
Groups of people with similar background frequently living together.
Social Exclusion
The inability of a group of people to become involved in the cultural activities of a place.
Urbanisation
An increase in the proportion of a population living within urban areas.
