Diverse Places key facts (EQ1)

Question 1

The rural-urban continuum

Answer 1

A model devised by Paul Cloke in the 1970s to represent the spectrum between urban and rural areas

Question 2

Fertility rate

Answer 2

The average number of children a woman would have in her childbearing years

Question 3

Mortality rate

Answer 3

The number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of the population per unit time

Question 4

Social intergration

Answer 4

The idea that all members of a community are involved in activities and the decision making process

Question 5

Social mobility

Answer 5

The ability of people to move to different levels of the social heirarchy

Question 6

UK changing population

Answer 6

England is Europes most densely populated country (4x higher than France)

Urban areas are home to 89% of the pop but they only take up 7% of the land

Population has gone up by 10+million in the last 50 years, with the fastest rate of increase in the last 15 years

Question 7

What model was devised by Paul Cloke in the 70s

Answer 7

The rural-urban continuum

Question 8

East Devon facts

Answer 8

Vote conservative
low population density (170 per km)
Median age of 47
30% over 65
93% are white british

Question 9

Tower Hamlets facts

Answer 9

high population density (16,237 per km)
Median age of 31
1/5 homes have more than 1 family
43% born outside the UK
32% of the population is  Bangladeshi

Question 10

What has happened to fertility rates

Answer 10

Peak after the war and in the 60s. Gone down dramatically to near the same rate as before ww2.

Question 11

What has happened to mortality rates

Answer 11

They have gone down very slightly since 2001. Deaths have remained fairly constant.

Question 12

Migration vs mortality and fertility in Newham

Answer 12

Between 2001 and 2011 the Newham pop of non-UK citizens increase by 72,000 and now accounts for 55% of people.

Mortality rates have fallen, life expectancy risen from 73.3 to 80.

Fertility has increase, Newham has the UKs highest fertility rate at 76.6 per 100, this is because of migrants moving in and starting families.