Key Terms-Regenerating Places Flashcards
Abandoned Land
Spaces in urban areas that were previously used for industry, now derelict and awaiting regeneration. Could also be applied to rural areas where farming is no longer taking place.
Accessibility
How easy it is to travel or communicate with a place. Distance and transport routes to other places are usually the most important factors.
Administrative centre
Places, usually larger towns or cities, that make decisions about how to organise infrastructure and economic activity in the surrounding area.
Built Environment
An urban are with buildings and infrastructure, such as roads and railways.
Commercial
Places, usually towns or cities where the major economic activity is trade, shopping or financial services.
Commuter Village
A rural settlement close to a large city that has become home for many people working in the urban area. They journey to and from the city on a daily basis, usually by road or train.
Composite indicator
A development indicator, which measures more than one variable e.g. The wellbeing index.
Connectedness
A measure of how well connected different people are through communication link e.g. broadband, road, rail.
Crime Rate
The amount or level of crime in an area.
Cultural Diffusion
The spread of cultural ideas and way of life.
Cultural Diversity
The number or range of different population groups with different lifestyles in a place, usually linked to ethnicity but to also socio-economic groups or age groups.
Cultural Enrichment
The addition of ideas, actions and meanings that are a result of new people to an area.
Cultural Erosion
The loss or dilution of a specific culture due to cultural diffusion
Culture
The way of life, especially the general customs and belief of a particular group of people at a particular time
Deindustrialisation
The mass closure of industries in regions traditionally associated with secondary industrial production, also features high employment levels. Partly due to the global shift in production.
Demographic Change
Changes in the population characteristics of a place. This could be numbers of people or types of people.
Demographic Characteristics
Data about a group of people, such as their age, gender or income.
Demographics
The study of a population and population change.
Depopulation
A significant and sustained decline in the population size of a region or a country.
Deprivation
When people things they would expect to have in the 21st Century such as jobs, a certain level of income, affordable housing, access to services such as schools and healthcare.
Deregulation
The process of reducing or removing rules governing economic activity in a country with the aim of encouraging investment.
Derelict Land
Previously used land in cities that has fallen into disrepair because buildings have closed and no one is there to maintain them.
Development
Usually considered as economic growth leading to an improvement in the standard of living. Development can be measured in other ways, such as freedom, equality or the well-being of the natural environment.
Diaspora
The movement of a population away from their homeland.
Diversification
In times of low far income, farmers seek incomes such as B&B, wind turbines, off roading trails and conversion of farm buildings to offices or workshops. It may also link to the political decision by the EU to encourage farmers to find alternative business uses other than growing surplus food.
Diversity
The degree of variation within a population e.g age, ethnicity and culture.
Economic Sector
A way to group jobs that have a similar purpose.
Economies
The amount of money being transferred between different players leading to wealth creation.
Engagement
The decision my individual members of the public to get involved in tackling political issues e.g. through volunteering, running for election.