HZR Changing Places Quizzing Questions Flashcards
What is lived experience?
A person’s sense of place that has been developed through their first-hand experiences of the place in spending time there.
What is representation of place?
How a place is seen or portrayed in society.
What is qualitative data?
Information that is non-numerical and used in a relatively unstructured and open-ended way.
It is descriptive information based on opinion, which often comes from interviews, focus groups or artistic depictions such as photographs.
Give 3 qualitative data sources used to investigate Harrogate?
UCI Painting – Lucy Pittaway
News article on drug gangs – The Stray Ferret
Railway posters from the early 1900s
Give 3 qualitative data sources used to investigate Brick Lane?
Map of Spitalfields - Adam Dant
Poem, the Brick Lane I see - Sally Flood
Street Art, A couple hold hands in the street - Stik
Explain what the News article on drug gangs by The Stray Ferret shows about lived experience in Harrogate.
Reports on a problem with criminal activity.
Operation of organised crime gangs dealing drugs in the area “an organised crime gang that flooded Harrogate with heroin and crack cocaine”.
It showed negatives aspects of lived experiences which is in contrast to other sources.
What do postcards from the early 1900s show about Harrogate?
People who are well dressed and motor cars suggest there were wealthy people in the area.
Large area of green space, the Stray, that was used for recreation, a pleasant environment.
Harrogate is described as “a fashionable watering hole” – it was popular with tourists who visited to take the waters.
Large buildings that still exist as hotels today are shown.
Explain what Sally Floods poem shows about lived experience in Brick Lane
- Influence of migration on the area - restaurants e.g., Jewish trimming shops.
- What the senses may experience e.g., “aromatic spices” from the cooking of food from different ethnic groups.
- Describes it as being busy and congested e.g., “pollution heavy exhaust fumes”.
- Describes criminal activity e.g. “drug peddlers”.
- Sally Flood is an insider so describes both positive and negative aspects of experiencing Brick Lane.
What is quantitative data?
Data that can be quantified and verified and is amenable to statistical manipulation.
2 examples of quantitative data
- Census
- IMD
What is character of place?
The physical and human geographic features that distinguish a particular place and make it unique.
Physical geographic factors include climate, topography and physical features e.g. rivers.
Human geographic factors include the land use, built environment and demographic and cultural features.
What are endogenous factors?
The internal factors that shape a place’s character.
Physical endogenous factors
- Location
- Topography
- Physical geography
Human endogenous factors
- Land use
- Built environment
- Infrastructure
- Demographic and economic characteristics
Give 3 ways that physical endogenous factors have affected Harrogate?
Location – 17 miles to Leeds, many people commute to work
Topography - 500ft above sea level, hilly
Physical geography – spa water, dry and mild climate (rain shadow the Pennines). Climate allows for arable farming
Give 3 ways that human endogenous factors have affected Harrogate?
Built environment and infrastructure – railway, Royal pump house, conference centre. Railway brought tourism to Harrogate.
Demographic characteristics - median age is 47 yrs (2021). There is an ageing population which influences the provision of services e.g. local NHS trust plans to provide more care to the elderly in their own homes and the development of new care homes.
Economic activity – spa water, conference centre, Bettys, tourism. The spa water attracted wealthy tourists to the town which has contributed to Harrogate being an affluent area. There is highly desirable housing in the areas with high property process.
Give one way that physical endogenous factors have affected Brick Lane?
Location - Inner London, East London in the Borough of Tower Hamlets
Give 3 ways that human endogenous factors have affected Brick Lane?
Demographic Characteristics: Most residents (39%) are aged 20–39 (2021 census), similar to other inner London areas due to job opportunities. The area has a multi-ethnic community, with over 40% Bangladeshi residents (2021 census), influencing local food and shops. The ethnic mix has shifted over time due to changing population flows (exogenous factor).
Built Environment: The old Truman Brewery (17th century), once London’s largest brewery, now houses creative businesses.
Economic Activity: Street markets are a key attraction for visitor
What are exogenous factors?
The external factors which shape a place’s character, including the relationship or links to other places and the flows in and out of a place.
Flows of people, resources, money/investment and ideas.
How have shifting flows if investment affected Harrogate?
Demographic change-
Government policy to increase affordable housing has encouraged property developers to build low-cost housing and has caused conflict in proposed sites e.g., Duchy and Pannal. In Pannal there are over 120 new homes and 25% are affordable.
Investments in new care homes specialising in dementia care.
How have shifting flows if investment affected Brick Lane?
Demographic change
Gentrification – investment by individuals in property and business has brought money into the area. Some groups are being forced out e.g., some often Bangladeshi community which can now afford higher rent / property prices, whilst more affluent young people move in.
Change in businesses as some restaurants have moved out.
Cultural change
A local resident: “It was Bangladeshis that made Brick Lane famous but soon it won’t be Brick Lane anymore if they keep moving out”.
How have shifting flows if investment affected London Docklands?
Government investment in the London Docklands Development Corporation (set up in 1981 to redevelop the area) led to further investment by the private sector. The scheme improved the economy and built environment, which resulted in an increase in the population of the area - between 1981 and early 21st century the population more than doubled.
How have shifting flows of people affected Harrogate?
Demographic change
Migration of eastern Europeans into Harrogate is changing the ethnic mix.
Cultural change
* New languages spoken, e.g. Polish, and English courses need
to be delivered
* New shops
* Increase at some faith groups The also provide labour.
How have shifting flows of people affected Brick Lane?
Demographic change
Series of migrations over time – French Huguenots, Irish, Jews and Bangladeshis.
From 2000s onwards gentrification is meaning some lower income groups (including Bangladeshis) are being forced out. Other ethnic groups and young professionals on higher incomes are moving in.
Cultural change
- Multi-ethnic community.
- New languages spoken.
- New religions. This has also had an impact on use of buildings – e.g. a chapel to synagogue to mosque.
- Foods as the area is now well known for curries.
Percentage of people in Brick Lane that are Banglaadeshi
40% (2021 Census)
Percentage of people who are muslim in Brick Lane
45.6% (2021 Census)
Name the religious building that has been changed over time
The Brick Lane Jamme Masjid Mosque
It was first a French Huguenot chapel, then it became a Methodist Chapel and then it was converted to a synagogue and now is the Mosque
TNC that has invested in Brick Lane
Pret a Manger
Evidence of Harrogate having an ageing population
In 2021 22% of the population was 65+ years (England average 18%).
By 2035 it is predicted that 1 in 3 residents will be aged 65+, higher than the national average of 1 in 4.
What is gentrification?
The buying and renovating of properties often in more run down areas by wealthier people. It is not a government policy or regeneration strategy, but it leads to regeneration happening.
What does the IMD stand for?
Index of Multiple Deprivation
What does the IMD tell you?
How relatively deprived a neighbourhood is (it ranks over 32,000) neighbourhoods.
