Diverse Places Flashcards
How has the population changed
Over the last 50 years the uk pop. has grown by 10-12 million people, but it hasn’t been at a constant rate and has been uneven with more rapid growth in south-east England in particular, but north-east has had little growth or even decline.
What’s life expectancy
The average number of years a person can expect to live, in a given community.
What’s immigration & emigration
I= people who move Into an area
E= people who Exit/leave an area
Why is BR higher in LIDCs
Lack of contraception Lack of education Culture/religion Need for labour Age at marriage High infant mortality = need a replacement
What’s the DTM
Shows us how population changes overtime.
It lots changes in birth and death rates, and shows that countries pass through 5 stages of population change.
Define population structure
The breakdown of a country’s population into age and gender groups
What’s a population pyramid and what does it show
Population structure can be represented by means of a population pyramid. No/% of people on horizontal axis & Population in age bands of 5years on vertical axis.
The pyramid show longevity by its height and it can show:
- effects of migration
- results of births minus deaths in specific age groups
- effects of events (e.g. War, famine, etc)
- an indication of life expectancy of a country
How do inner cities and suburban areas differ
Inner city (e.g. Newham)- terraced housing, dirty, poor, high levels of ethnic diversity
Suburbs- detached housing, cleaner, predominantly white population
People will perceive urban places differently, depending upon where they are in the life cycle:
- uni student is central
- 2 parent family is suburbs
- Young, single professional is central
19th century London
During this London was transformed into the worlds largest city and capital of the British empire, it’s population expanded from 1 million in 1800 to 6.7 million a century later. It became the global, political, financial and trading capital.
Victorian London
Life here depended on people’s level of income and society status. Many perceived urban areas as dangerous and threatening.
Perceptions of cities (industrial to post-industrial)
Industrial revolution occurred between 1750-1850 in the uk.
Mechanisation, steam owner and factories changed almost every aspect of daily life in Britain.
Population and incomes grew.
Urban areas saw unprecedented growth as people migrated to cities for work.
Cities were perceived as places of opportunity.
Perceptions of rural places
Often perceived as idyllic, due to tranquility, natural landscapes, historical and cultural associations.
Changes to rural areas
The current uk process of counter-urbanisation suggests that more people are perusing their perceptions of the rural idyll.
Commuter belt villages and accessible rural areas are experiencing population growth as commuters and those seeking rural recreational opportunities choose to live there.
Accessible rural areas will be dominated by working age people and there’ll be lots of children.
Remote rural areas suffer from depopulation due to remoteness causing lower quality of life, and in places, harsh psychical environments.
Paul closes rural-urban continuum model (1970)
URBAN 1-urban built environment 2-urban rural fringe 3-farming and computer zone 4-deep countryside 5-remote rural environments RURAL
How population density varies within an urban area
1- CBD has low density
2- density starts to rise in inner cities
3- density starts to fall in suburbs (longer commute)
4- density increases again near rural-urban fringe
5- density falls again in and beyond the green belt
