EQ1 Flashcards
What is internal migration?
The movement of a population within a country
What is natural change?
The balance between births and deaths in a country
What is social isolation?
A complete or near complete lack of contact with people and society
What is assimilation?
The process which people of diverse, ethnic and cultural backgrounds come to interact and intermix, free of the larger community or nation
What is social housing?
It provides accommodation at affordable rents to people on low income
What is perception?
An individuals or groups ‘picture’ of reality resulting from their assessment of information relieved
What is demographics?
The means population of its size, rate of change, density and composition
What is gentrification?
A change in social status where former working class inner city ares are increasingly occupied and renewed by the middle class.
What is culture?
The ideas, customs and social behaviour of a group or society
What is sense of place?
An overarching impression encompassing the general ways in which people fell about places.
What is counter-urbanisation?
The movement of people and employment of people from major cities to smaller settlements and rural places located beyond the city, or to more distant, smaller cities and towns
What is sub-urbanisation?
The outward spread of the built-up area, often at lower densities compared with older parts of a town or city. The decentralisation is encouraged by transport improvements
What is ethnic segregation?
The voluntary or enforced separation of people of different cultures or nationalities
What is ethnicity?
The cultural heritage shared by a group of people that sets them apart from others
What is cultural diversity?
The existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a city or society
What is social clustering?
The accessibility of key cities and other physical factors, alongside government planning policies, are all factors that explain different levels pf cultural diversity that can be observed in different places
IMD Deprivation Rank, in North Jesmond
25,191, 30% least deprived
Income deprivation rank, in North Jesmond
32,674, 10% least deprived
Education, skills and training rank, in North Jesmond
16,576, 50% least deprived
Health, deprivation and disability, in North Jesmond
8,203, 30% most deprived
Crime rank, in North Jesmond
26,204, 30% least deprived
Barriers to housing rank, in North Jesmond
24,175, 30% least deprived
Living environment rank, in North Jesmond
12,473, 40% most deprived
Income deprivation affecting children rank, in North Jesmond
12,149, 40% most deprived
Income deprivation affecting older people, in North Jesmond
17,332, 50% least deprived
Regional factors about Jesmond?
Jesmond was built to house owners and managers of the factories and commercial premises and the clerical workers in better paid jobs in the city centre.
60% of people privately rent.
National factors about Jesmond?
89.6% of the residents were born in the UK.
53.6% of the population is aged 20-24, this will be due to high numbers of people moving to Jesmond for university.
International and global factors about Jesmond?
10.4% of the residents were born outside of the UK. Which is lower than the UK average, 17.4%.
IMD Deprivation Rank, in Elswick
533, 10% most deprived
Income deprivation rank, in Elswick
397, 10% most deprived
Education, skills and training rank, in Elswick
454, 10% most deprived
Health, deprivation and disability, in Elswick
717, 10% most deprived
Crime rank, in Elswick
572, 10% most deprived
Barriers to housing rank, in Elswick
17,922, 50% least deprived
Living environment , in Elswick
28,030, 20% least deprived
Income deprivation affecting children rank, in Elswick
1,895, 10% most deprived
Income deprivation affecting older people, in Elswick
438
10% most deprived
Regional factors about Elswick
In Scotswood, they started a new affordable home project, that costs £265 million project in phases of 15 years, to provide 1,800 homes and open space. Riverside Dene
9.3% of the population are aged between 5-9, and 8.3% were aged between 35-39.
National factors about Elswick
56.6% of the population were born inside England.
Media portrays it in a negative way in national news.
29.9% of Elswick population have a non-UK identity, compared to 6.4% in Jesmond.
International and global factors about Elswick
43.4% of the Elswick population
were born outside the UK.
What has happened to the UK’s population overtime? (Between 1960-2020)
The population has gradually increased but between 1070-1980 it slowly increased by around 700,000.
Between 2000-2020 the population massively increased by around 900,000 people, 59 million - 58 million people
How is the population in the UK distributed?
It is unevenly distributed as 83.9% live in England where as, Wales 4.9%, Scotland 8.4% and Northern Ireland 2.8%
What are reasons fro women to have less children in the UK?
Women now focus on their own career, so have children at a later age.
Better access and knowledge of contraception.
How will immigration affect the UK and its population structure?
Immigration will increase the population structure because most migrants are working-age adults, aged 21-35, this will lead to the population structure from having a younger population because when they start working they might want to have children in the UK which will lead to an increase in the population.
