GC Flashcards
what does GRASP stand for?
Gender
Religion
Age
Sexuality
role Performed
An Example of Gender?
Women stereotypically at home
Geographies of fear- men and women feel unsafe in certain places e.g alleyway
An example of Religion
Ka’bah’ - Mecca - Muslims
Example of age
Children - more fun places are now boring as adults
Example of Sexuality
Cluster communities feel safer around people like themselves
Example of role performed
Parent, child, grandparent
Define Globalisation
The growing interdependence and integration of peoples lives with social, political and environmental components
Define World Village
The world is getting smaller and more interconnected
Define time-space compression (TSC)
A set of processes leading to a ‘shrinking world’, caused by reductions in relative distance between places eg. travel time
2 postitives of TSC
Homogenised landscapes can create perceptions of familiarity in new places
New diversity in places can create a new sense of a place
2 positives of TSC
Homogenised landscapes can create perceptions of familiarity in new places
New diversity in places can create a new sense of a place
2 negatives of TSC
Can threaten a places unique factors
Due to homogenised landscapes it means that local places are replaced by TNCs and lose identity
what is an informal agency?
Has context of the place and represents through sight and sound. e.g TV shows, Films
What is a formal agency?
Closely linked with statistics and data that describes a particular place. e.g Census
What is social inequality?
the unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among members of a society
What is the Clark-Fisher model?
A model to explain the changes in employment structures as countries develop their economies
What are the 3 stages of the Clark fisher model?
Pre-Industrial - reliant on primary sector, secondary and tertiary jobs increasing
Industrial - primary sector declines, secondary peaks and tertiary is increasing
Post- Industrial - Secondary starts to plateau, primary declines even further, tertiary peaks and Quaternary starts to grow
4 stages of economic growth?
Boom
Recession
Trough
Recovery
How can governments influence social inequality?
Governments can cut spending in certain areas and fund others.
E.g cutting funding to schools and NHS
What is a public player?
An economic player that operates at a large scale
e.g the EU or UK government
What is a Private Player?
includes a number of wide range players trying to generate money and investment
e.g McDonalds
what is rebranding?
Developments aimed at changing negative perceptions of a place making it more attractive to investment
What is re-imaging?
It seeks to discard negative perceptions of place + generate new positive ideas/feelings/attitudes of people to that place. e.g. the revival of a pre-existing but outdated image
What is regeneration?
A long term process that includes social, economic and environmental development to create sustainable communities
