Diverse Places key facts (EQ4) Flashcards
Ways to measure change
Population changes Employment rate change House prices Life expectancy Change in crime rate
Cultural and demographic issues
Ethnicity
Migration
Population structure
Quality of life
7 steps of managing change
Identify Forecast Draw up Implement Monitor Evaluate Revise
Demographic indicators of change
Increase in population Balanced age structure Ethnic mix Increase in family size Higher life expectancy
Economic indicators of change
Type of employment varying
Low unemployment
Household income increasing
Lower percentage on minimum wage
The IMD
The index of multiple deprivation is useful in monitoring inequalities over time to determine whether they are widening or reducing
What is a stakeholder?
Someone with an intest or concern in something that is happening
Where is Slough and what is its population?
Located in Berkshire and 140,000
Slough key player (local)
Slough borough council - They aim to improve housing, employment and environment.
Slough key player (social)
The Aik Saath (means all together) - local charity who try to reduce tensions between young people of different religions
Slough key player (economic)
TNCS such as BlackBerry, O2, Nintendo and Mars
What have Slough borough council done?
3 housing developments with 200 houses and flats
29 new council-rented houses and a community centre
New curtural learning centre, The Curve, with a library, cafe and performance centre
How diverse is Slough?
only 34.5% white British
How diverse is Cornwall?
95% white British
How has Cornwalls economy changed?
Used to be primary sector - farming, fishing, tin mining
Until the 2000s the farming was mostly livestock but supermarkets drove down milk prices to 28p per litre. Framers switched to vegetable farming
