EQ2: How do different people view diverse living spaces?

Question 1

What does perception mean?

Answer 1

An individual or a groups picture of reality, which results from information they have received

Question 2

What was Victorian England like?

Answer 2

-Population increased by 5 million during the 19th century
-Poor got little/no help from the industrial revolution
-Poor children did dangerous and unhealthy jobs to bring money in
-Lack of sanitation led to poor general health
-Poverty encouraged petty crime
-Sewage system created
-Founded the Metropolitan police in 1829

Question 3

What attracts people to London today?

Answer 3

-Jobs
-Government/power
-Universities
-Transport lines
-‘City life’ created by the media

Question 4

What is the urban reality?

Answer 4

-Paid more however living costs are higher (e.g housing, commuting, food)
-Poor environmental quality (e.g atmospheric pollution, noise/light pollution, antisocial behaviour)
-Higher crime rates (e.g highest in Central London and Heathrow airport)
-High ethnic diversity
-Elderly feel isolated

Question 5

What is the rural idyll?

Answer 5

A nostalgic view that rural places are problem-free, natural, peaceful and healthy
-this perception is not necessarily true

Question 6

What is Hardy’s Wessex?

Answer 6

-Hardy is one of the best known and most widely read writers of the rural idyll
-Wessex is the area where most of his novels are set and is a ‘partly real, partly dream county’

Question 7

What is the reality of rural living?

Answer 7

-Difficult to travel/commute
-Boring as it is far from entertainment facilities
-Far from services
-Lonely

Question 8

What are the opportunities of a commuter village?

Answer 8

-Lower housing costs than in the suburbs
-Accessible to the city
-More green space
-Less pollution
(e.g Ponteland)

Question 9

What are the challenges of commuter villages?

Answer 9

-Fast rates of population growth
-Tension between younger and older people

Question 10

Who might commuter villages appeal to?

Answer 10

Workers and families that want to escape urban places

Question 11

What are the opportunities of day tripper villages?

Answer 11

-Families on day trips
-Leisure and recreation
-Job opportunities in the tourism industry
(e.g Seahouses)

Question 12

What are the challenges of day tripper villages?

Answer 12

-Far from urban areas
-Little ethnic diversity
-Fast rates of population growth

Question 13

Who might day tripper villages appeal to?

Answer 13

-White, British
-People of retirement age (50+)
-People of working age
-Families
-Affluent people

Question 14

What are the opportunities of remote villages?

Answer 14

Tourist attractions which creates employment and generates income
(e.g Alwinton)

Question 15

What are the challenges of remote villages?

Answer 15

-Depopulation of young people
-Creates ghost towns which can lead to closure of local services

Question 16

Who might remote villages appeal to?

Answer 16

-People working remotely
-Older people looking to retire
-People looking for a good quality, physical environment

Question 17

How has the UK government contributed to increasing cultural diversity in the UK?

Answer 17

-Putting out job advertisements globally attract migrants for economic purposes
-Moving migrants west due to overpopulation in the south which creates cultural diversity in the west

Question 18

Case study of Ponteland:

Answer 18

-Close to Newcastle International Airport
-Close to city centre
-Access to schools
-Business opportunities
-Traffic congestion
-High housing costs
-Not ethnically diverse

Question 19

Case study of Norfolk:

Answer 19

-Diverse population
-In proximity to London by train
-Low living costs
-Many day tripper villages
-Ageing population
-Lower mortality rate and longer life expectancy
-Jobs in the tertiary and quaternary sectors

Question 20

Case study of Anglesey:

Answer 20

-Large income from tourism
-Many second homes
-Economic issues
-Not ethnically diverse
-Brain drain
-Seasonal jobs
-Quiet and peaceful
-Low skill employment opportunities

Question 21

Why might there be different perceptions of an urban areas attractiveness?

Answer 21

-Age
-Occupation (student of profession)
-Transport links
-Income
-Experience of the area
-Ethnic communities in the area
-Having a family

Question 22

What is the family life cycle?

Answer 22

A concept based on the idea that most families or households go through a sequence of change in their lifetime which are significant in terms of housing needs/moves

Question 23

What would be the needs of a young adult leaving home?

Answer 23

-Inner city housing
-Lower housing prices
-Close commute to the city (university, leisure, work)
-No need for a large green space
-Small amounts of living space

Question 24

What would be the needs of a young couple or small family?

Answer 24

-Suburb housing
-More residential space
-Access to education
-Green spaces for children
-Access to healthcare
-Close to shops

Question 25

What would be the needs of an ‘empty nester’ house?

Answer 25

-Suburb housing
-Not concerned about costs
-Not worried about a long commute because retirement is near
-A good sized garden
-Access to leisure (e.g a golf course)
-Access to many shops

Question 26

What would be the needs of a one parent family?

Answer 26

-Inner city housing
-Requires smaller and lower priced housing