Diverse Places Flashcards

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What is the link between perception and Soho now and in Victorian London?

A

In the Victorian Era:
- Seen as dirty, unhygeinic dangerous area
- Rampant with gangs and prositution
Now:
- Trendy, hippie area
- Cool restaurants
- Engaging nightlife

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What is Mile End about?

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Negative perception
High unemployment + economic deprivation
White Flight
Poor education

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Reasons for and agains the suburbs:

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- Good for old families and retirees
- Specific employments benefit
- Good recreational and social activites
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- Very boring
- May be unwelcoming to migrants

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What is up with the Windrush gen?

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  • Carribean in-migration
  • Shows that govt policy dictates levels of migration
  • Changes to culture => intro of food and new clothing
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Jewish Eruvium and how that causes tension:

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  • Tension between traditional elders and tech-savvy youths
  • Westernisation contrary to beliefs
  • Little sign of assimilation
  • Eruvs put up in areas like promise hill
    – Can deter people from the area if they know it is prominently Jewish
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Tottenham

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Regeration+ Loss of jobs and high unemployment increases local tension
New projects cannot be afforded by local people leading to a loss of homes

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Dewsbury

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High Deobandi Muslim population
- Sharia courts and islamic schools failing ofsted
- White flight
- Tensions between old, British residents and new migrants
- Land use change to religious buildings, shops, etc.

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Budapest

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Against Syrian migration
Sparking hatred of Middle Eastern migrants in the public population
“Systematic threat to democracy” - EU
2015 station turned into a massive refugee camp
Refugees kept in cages

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Conflict in NI

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  • Assimilation + Sectarianism
  • Brexit had a high turnout
  • Voter turnout matters
  • Increase in religious violence
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Aik Saath

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Slough is one of the most diverse areas in the Uk; immigration has led to economic growth
But sometimes conflict prevailes
Aik Saath works to improve community cohesion between different ethnic groups

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11
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Causeway Coast

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Idyllic, beautiful beaches; loads of films
UNESCO world heritage sight
Elderly marginalised comunities
Traffic congestion from tourism -> pollution
Seasonal unemployment
Housing is a massive issue

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Dervock, Country Atrim

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  • 714 residents
  • 7.9 % unemployed
    Barriers:
  • Lack of services
  • transport problems
  • large housing has expenses
  • Slow tech
  • Isolation
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13
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What are the types of urban-rural

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Commuter belt -> Accessible Rural -> Remote Rural

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Evesham

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European fruit pickers
high demand for seasonal employment
Pressure on local services
Housed in shipping containers
Bad conditions
- Segregation
- remittancies so no local reinvestment
- benefits system abused

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Cornwall

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Beautiful beachesand upcoming cultural scene
Many jobs seasonal and low paid
High levels of deprivation
Socially deprived by EU 1 billion investment inbound
Average salary 20k more in London

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