EQ1

Question 1

Place

Answer 1

Location and people’s meaning

Question 2

Meaning

Answer 2

Their own personal connection to a place

Question 3

Artefacts

Answer 3

Objects

Question 4

Sociofacts

Answer 4

Behavior

Question 5

Mentefacts

Answer 5

Meaning

Question 6

What are the main changes that have occurred in the SE?

Answer 6

Reurbanisation - University students move to London and remain for quarternary sector jobs

Counter - urbanization - Families move to the outskirts and commute to London

Question 7

What are the main changes outside of London?

Answer 7

Deindustrialisation - leading to the decline in demand for old manufacturing

Underinvestment - in transport infrastructure

Rural desirability - declines as you move away from major towns and cities

Question 8

Scunthorpe

Answer 8

Spiral of decline
Indsutrialisarion
Closure of the steel industry
People moving out of the cities
Low skilled workforce
Weak Labour force

Question 9

Changes occurring in Berkshire?

Answer 9

Population increase of 6.4%
Growth of quaternary businesses
High technology industries
Runs along the M4 motorway

Question 10

Belfast background

Answer 10

Former industrial heartland
Capital city of Northern Ireland

Question 11

What changes have happen ed that have caused changes in Belfast?

Answer 11

Closure of Harland and wharf (shipping company), outsourced to South Korea, sped up Industrialization, led to loss of jobs

Troubles, caused by violence between Catholics and Protestant groups, led to internalized conflict

BT based in Northern Ireland, HBO studios, and titanic museum, Belfast city airport, lots of American investment, economic growth back on track

Refocus on research and development, queens university Belfast, lots of young people move into the area

Question 12

Staying in Belfast (FOR and AGAINST)

Answer 12

FOR
Well connected (Belfast city airport, M1 and A26)
Lots of investment from American TNCs
Established infrastructure

AGAINST
Experiencing brain drain
Rural push factors
Tensions between Catholics and Protestants
Regional inequality within areas
Loss of former industrial heartlands, fears of jobs losses, lack of services

Question 13

Rural urban continuum

Answer 13

80% of UKs population live in Urban areas
But only 10% of the UK is urban land

This means a lot of the UK is left sparsely populated
Rural and urban areas are interdependent of one another

Thus you get a rural urban continuum

Question 14

Urban fringe

Answer 14

Countryside areas that have been lost due to urban growth

Question 15

Commuter belt

Answer 15

Counter urbanization has led to dormitory towns which are used as commuter towns for workers that are trying to access an urban area

Question 16

Retirement villages

Answer 16

Cleaner air
Closer community
Less crime
More affluence
People live longer

Question 17

North Antrim Coast Background

Answer 17

Coastline (giants causeway, world heritage site)

Connected to Belfast via the M1 and A26

Predominantly Protestant town

Question 18

What makes an area diverse in terms of population density and population structure?

Answer 18

Accessibility (M4, M1, A26)

Physical geography (Flat land, mountains)

History (sectarian tensions, cultural diffusion/erosion etc)

Planning (where does the government put their investment in, growth of giants causeway)

Question 19

London Derry background

Answer 19

2nd largest city in Northern Ireland
Close to the border (county Denegal)
Crucial joint city during the troubles

Question 20

What national changes occurred and how did they affect Derry over time?

Answer 20

17th - William of Orange built the town hall and the star factory

WW - Entertainment towns built (Portrush)
Derry boys regiment in the war inspired Derry girls

AW - Mass unemployment
Civil rights marches at free Derry corner

Question 21

Nationalists

Answer 21

Catholics
Identify as being from Ireland

Lived in Bogside
Low wage factory Labour

Question 22

Loyalists

Answer 22

Higher paid
Living in riverside
Protestants

Wanted to be apart of Great Britain
They got supported from British forces and IRA

Question 23

Peace bridge

Answer 23

Joins together catholic and Protestant neighborhoods

Question 24

Why have fertility rates fallen over time?

Answer 24

Women have become more educated

As the world develops, so does growth and contraception methods

Women have children later, tend to have smaller families

Question 25

Why do demographics of a town change?

Answer 25

Counter urbanization, young families move to outskirts, older people move out Heathrow and service industry, attracted migrants, increased birth rate Young educated workforce, attracts investment

Question 26

What has ruined perceptions of Slough?

Answer 26

The Office (media representation) Come friendly Bombs drop on Slough (poems from the war)

Question 27

What local changes are happening in Slough at the moment ( Economic and Social)?

Answer 27

Economic The cross rail New housing development Abu Dhabi investment - observatory and Queensmere Social Inwards migration, more bridge header communities, multiculturalism More religious buildings Growth of services - The Curve

Question 28

Why may people want to move to Slough?

Answer 28

Established TNCs (Mars, O2, Caltech) Good transport links (M4, M25) Grammar schools Commuter town Crossrail

Question 29

Why are some areas more diverse than others globally?

Answer 29

USA (migration makes it diverse) Australia (isolated, less migration, more homogenous) South Africa (apartheid, initial,h homogenous, become heterogenous over time)

Question 30

Homogeneity

Answer 30

The population is all the same

Question 31

Is Slough ethnically diverse?

Answer 31

Established Asian communities Bridge header communities

Question 32

Ethnic clustering

Answer 32

Some ethnic groups tend to join together in specific areas

Question 33

Ghettoization

Answer 33

This is seggregation within the USA African American population is concentrated in one part of the population Chicago communities are primarily African American

Question 34

Succession model

Answer 34

Ethnic minorities move in White flight occurs 50% of white people move out This is known as forced seggregation

Question 35

Filtering choice

Answer 35

African American choose to move in They want a mixed community White people stop buying houses in that area African Americans choose to move into that area

Question 36

Why is seggregation a good thing (Majority) and (Minority) groups

Answer 36

Majority Prevents cultural dilution (peace bridge separating protestant and catholic communities) May prevent tension within communities Protectionism against terrorist attacks Sense of social cohesion between people in the same group Minority Bridge header communities (Bengali Muslim community) Assimilation Sense of place High fertility rates

Question 37

Why is seggregation a bad thing (Majority) and (Minority) groups

Answer 37

Majority Reduces people access to education Lack of globalization Lack of investment White flight makes it harder for African communities to assimilate Minority Racism and violent attacks (in Germany) They do not get the same access to opportunities Discrimination in terms of jobs, incomes Language barriers Pakistani Bengali community lose out on opportunities

Question 38

What was the reputation of Soho in Victorian England compared to now?

Answer 38

Old reputation of night life Dangerous Prostitutes Gentrified More appealing to the younger population

Question 39

Victorian England perceptions

Answer 39

Industrial revoloution lots of economic growth and opportunities Most wealth went to Bourgeoise, big inequalities between the rich and the poor Growth or prostitution for women and chimney sweepers as children Cholera and small pox endemics

Question 40

Why are Bengali muslims struggling living in Mile End?

Answer 40

Brought up in poor households They are expected to look after their households