Diverse Places EQ2

Question 1

What are the human factors influencing perception of urban places?

Answer 1

Culture

Ethnicity

Housing

Landmarks

Socio - Economic landscape

Question 2

What are the accesibility factors influencing perception of urban places?

Answer 2

Transport links

Airports

Motorways

Access to employment and healthcare

Level of affordable housing

Question 3

Enviromental factors influencing perception of urban places?

Answer 3

Parks

Rivers

Lakes

Pollution

Question 4

What was life like for the poor in Victorian London?

Answer 4

Very poor QOL

37 life expectancy

No sanitation system - disease was ripe

Question 5

Why are urban areas seen as undesireable to non residents?

Answer 5

Social media - London crime

Reputation

Lived experience

Quantative data - crime rates, enviromental degradtion

Question 6

What is a “perception”

Answer 6

An individual or groups “picture” of reality resulting from their assessment of infomation recieved.

Question 7

What is a rural idyll?

Answer 7

A rural idyll is the idealized perception of rural life as peaceful, picturesque, and free from the problems of urban areas.

Question 8

To what extent does the rural idyll exist?

Answer 8

• NO - poverty (13% of households in rural areas are fuel poor)
• NO - second home ownership (2% of rural homes are classified as second homes)
• YES - Honeypot locations - Stratford Upon Avon - Shakespeare
• NO - Lack of services - 54% longer to reach a doctor.