Lucys Key Facts Local And Contrasting Place

Question 1

What happened to Liverpool in 2008?

Answer 1

Became the European capital of culture

Question 2

What % of people in Liverpool have no qualifications?

Answer 2

28%

Question 3

What % of people in Liverpool are economically inactive?

Answer 3

26.1%

Question 4

What makes Liverpool attractive to students (young pop)?

Answer 4

3 unis
Uni of Liverpool is part of N8 research partnership

Question 5

What is the biggest age category in Liverpool?

Answer 5

20-29 years old

Question 6

What % of Liverpools population is white?

Answer 6

88.9%

Question 7

Give the IMD scores for Liverpool.

Answer 7

IMD = 1 for all categories except barriers to housing which is 9

Question 8

What TNC has its HQ in Liverpool?

Answer 8

B&M

Question 9

What shows the significance of tourism in Liverpool?

Answer 9

Beatles museum has 300,000 visitors per year
60% are from overseas

Question 10

What are some main indentifiers of Liverpools identity?

Answer 10

Football, accent, heritage (industrial)

Question 11

What shows low engagement in Liverpool?

Answer 11

Knowsley 2018 council elections had 2nd lowest voter turnout in country

Question 12

What shows environmental degradation (negative place perception) in Liverpool?

Answer 12

Mersey river is one of the most polluted in the UK

Question 13

What shows the significant retail function in Liverpool?

Answer 13

Liverpool one has 193 stores

Question 14

What is decreasing the input of funding and media coverage in Liverpool?

Answer 14

Lost UNESCO heritage for docks in 2021

Question 15

What makes Liverpool both nationally and internationally well connected?

Answer 15

Liverpool John Lennon airport + merseyrail

Question 16

What is the historical function of Lerwick?

Answer 16

Primary sector fishing

Question 17

What has changed lerwicks economy since 1970?

Answer 17

North Sea oil discovered in 1970s
Cod wars

Question 18

What percentage of lerwicks population are economically inactive?

Answer 18

21.4%

Question 19

What makes Lerwick poorly connected?

Answer 19

It is a 12 hour ferry ride away from Aberdeen

Question 20

Give some demographics data for Lerwick.

Answer 20

96.8% white
2011-3% of population were eastern European

Question 21

What are lerwicks IMD scores?

Answer 21

All between 4-6

Question 22

What international influences has Lerwick been exposed to? (Funding)

Answer 22

£18 million of EU funding for fish processing plants

Question 23

What makes Lerwick a worse place than Liverpool for the younger population?

Answer 23

Only 1 university

Question 24

What contributes to Lerwicks cultural identity?

Answer 24

Up helly aa Viking festival

Question 25

What occurred during the cod wars?

Answer 25

Iceland unilaterally increased fishing quota for mackerel, decreased price of Icelandic fish, created increased competition for lerwicks fishing industry, decreasing lerwicks fishing function