EQ1 Flashcards
Place
Location and people’s meaning
Meaning
Their own personal connection to a place
Artefacts
Objects
Sociofacts
Behavior
Mentefacts
Meaning
What are the main changes that have occurred in the SE?
Reurbanisation - University students move to London and remain for quarternary sector jobs
Counter - urbanization - Families move to the outskirts and commute to London
What are the main changes outside of London?
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
Scunthorpe
Spiral of decline
Indsutrialisarion
Closure of the steel industry
People moving out of the cities
Low skilled workforce
Weak Labour force
Changes occurring in Berkshire?
Population increase of 6.4%
Growth of quaternary businesses
High technology industries
Runs along the M4 motorway
Belfast background
Former industrial heartland
Capital city of Northern Ireland
What changes have happen ed that have caused changes in Belfast?
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
Staying in Belfast (FOR and AGAINST)
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
Rural urban continuum
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
Urban fringe
Countryside areas that have been lost due to urban growth
Commuter belt
Counter urbanization has led to dormitory towns which are used as commuter towns for workers that are trying to access an urban area
Retirement villages
Cleaner air
Closer community
Less crime
More affluence
People live longer
North Antrim Coast Background
Coastline (giants causeway, world heritage site)
Connected to Belfast via the M1 and A26
Predominantly Protestant town
What makes an area diverse in terms of population density and population structure?
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)
London Derry background
2nd largest city in Northern Ireland
Close to the border (county Denegal)
Crucial joint city during the troubles
What national changes occurred and how did they affect Derry over time?
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
Nationalists
Catholics
Identify as being from Ireland
Lived in Bogside
Low wage factory Labour
Loyalists
Higher paid
Living in riverside
Protestants
Wanted to be apart of Great Britain
They got supported from British forces and IRA
Peace bridge
Joins together catholic and Protestant neighborhoods
Why have fertility rates fallen over time?
Women have become more educated
As the world develops, so does growth and contraception methods
Women have children later, tend to have smaller families
Why do demographics of a town change?
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
What has ruined perceptions of Slough?
The Office (media representation)
Come friendly Bombs drop on Slough (poems from the war)
What local changes are happening in Slough at the moment ( Economic and Social)?
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
Why may people want to move to Slough?
Established TNCs (Mars, O2, Caltech)
Good transport links (M4, M25)
Grammar schools
Commuter town
Crossrail
Why are some areas more diverse than others globally?
USA (migration makes it diverse)
Australia (isolated, less migration, more homogenous)
South Africa (apartheid, initial,h homogenous, become heterogenous over time)
Homogeneity
The population is all the same
Is Slough ethnically diverse?
Established Asian communities
Bridge header communities
Ethnic clustering
Some ethnic groups tend to join together in specific areas
Ghettoization
This is seggregation within the USA
African American population is concentrated in one part of the population
Chicago communities are primarily African American
Succession model
Ethnic minorities move in
White flight occurs
50% of white people move out
This is known as forced seggregation
Filtering choice
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
Why is seggregation a good thing (Majority) and (Minority) groups
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
Why is seggregation a bad thing (Majority) and (Minority) groups
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
What was the reputation of Soho in Victorian England compared to now?
Old reputation of night life
Dangerous
Prostitutes
Gentrified
More appealing to the younger population
Victorian England perceptions
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
Why are Bengali muslims struggling living in Mile End?
Brought up in poor households
They are expected to look after their households
