Factors affecting place Flashcards
What is the definition of place
Place= location + meaning
What type of meaning can a place have to someone
- a personal meaning, eg home
- a subjective meaning, eg place with a bad opinion which you have heard
- a cultural meaning, eg the pyramids, or a church
What are the main factors that affect a places character
- it’s accumulated history eg. Bristol harbour was made from profits of the slave trade
- the type of place it is, eg urban, rural, entertainment, graveyard
- migration to and from an area globalises the culture or it isolates culture
- also internal and external linkages such as fast food chains
- also the associated push and pull factors
What are the general functions of a city
- selling expensive goods or services
- providing jobs in industry and service
- as an administration centre for the area around it
- as an entertainment centre offering sporting activities, shopping and restaurants
- as a cultural centre
- religious centres or place of pilgrimage
- as a major transport hub or route centre
- as a residential area
What is the general order of a city
The CBD: centre of the city, containing business, education centres and services
Inner city: just outside the CBD contains the old terraced housing from the industrial revolution, some industry and high tech firms due to land being cheaper
- inner and outer suburbs: bigger semi-detached and detached housing with gardens, in culdesacs with expensive property
What is urbanisation and give examples of the push and pull factors
Urbanisation is the movement from rural to urban areas, caused by rural urban migration and naturally increasing populations
- push factors
•farmland no longer fertile so you can’t grow livestock
•farmers in debt due to crops failing and loans they took out
•natural disasters or changes in land use cause loss of business
•lack of education, healthcare, services
- pull factors
• higher quality fertile land for use to farm on
•more money in urban industry, can pay off loans
•new better quality housing
•more education, healthcare and services
What are the effects on the rural and urban area due to urbanisation
Rural - less money in the local economy - shops and services are forces to shut - more and more land being used for industry Urban - more money in the local economy - less jobs available - over crowding
What is suburbanisation and the associated push and pull factors
This is the movement of people from the city centres to the outskirts of a city
-push factors
•poor housing quality
•slum clearance the government demolishing old housing
•deindustrialisation, people lose jobs have to move with business
-pull factors
•easier to build better quality homes due to more relaxed planning laws
•new council estate
•new manufacturing set up
What are the affects on the city centres and outskirts caused by suburbanisation
City centre - becomes run down - wealthy move out leaving the poorer (segregation) - becomes polluted due to car commuting Suburbs - housing affects wildlife - more concrete, greater risk of flood - more cars pollution
What is counter urbanisation and its associated push and pull factors
This is movement out of cities completely and into rural areas Push factors - too much noise and air pollution - problems with traffic congestion - suburban house prices increase as more are being bought Pull factors - very little noise/ air pollution - very spacious - cheaper housing in rural areas - more cars people can commute to work
What are the impacts of counter urbanisation on rural areas
- better business for services eg pubs and restaurants
- houses are renovated
- keeps the schools open
- new housing can be unattractive
- rural roads get congested
