Diverse Places Flashcards
What is the link between perception and Soho now and in Victorian London?
In the Victorian Era:
- Seen as dirty, unhygeinic dangerous area
- Rampant with gangs and prositution
Now:
- Trendy, hippie area
- Cool restaurants
- Engaging nightlife
What is Mile End about?
Negative perception
High unemployment + economic deprivation
White Flight
Poor education
Reasons for and agains the suburbs:
+
- 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
What is up with the Windrush gen?
- Carribean in-migration
- Shows that govt policy dictates levels of migration
- Changes to culture => intro of food and new clothing
Jewish Eruvium and how that causes tension:
- 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
Tottenham
Regeration+ Loss of jobs and high unemployment increases local tension
New projects cannot be afforded by local people leading to a loss of homes
Dewsbury
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.
Budapest
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
Conflict in NI
- Assimilation + Sectarianism
- Brexit had a high turnout
- Voter turnout matters
- Increase in religious violence
Aik Saath
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
Causeway Coast
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
Dervock, Country Atrim
- 714 residents
- 7.9 % unemployed
Barriers: - Lack of services
- transport problems
- large housing has expenses
- Slow tech
- Isolation
What are the types of urban-rural
Commuter belt -> Accessible Rural -> Remote Rural
Evesham
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
Cornwall
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