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Place 2 (Wasdale) Flashcards

1
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What does a county map show?

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Shows where a place is in relation to others

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What does an aerial photo show?

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The topography/ relief of an area

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What does an OS map show?

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The height of land and topography/ relief

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4
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What is a linear development?

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The tendency for large towns and cities to grow outwards along roads has been checked by the green belt policy

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5
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What is a suburbanised village?

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Dormitory or commuter villages with residential workforce employed in urban areas

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What is a new or overspill town?

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Designed both to accommodate the urban workforce and act as self-supporting alternatives

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7
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What is an extreme rural place?

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Commuting is relayed to accessibility. Outlying villages with poor roads or at a great distance from urban areas may decline or become targets for second home owners

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What type location is Wasdale?

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Extreme rural

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What is the location of Wasdale?

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On the western edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria.

Nearest small town is Egremont (6.5 miles north along the A595 that runs from Whitehaven to Barrow-In-Furness).

Gosforth is 3 miles inland from Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea

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10
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What is the locale of Wasdale?

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It is sparsely populated and remote

Contains Britain’s deepest lake

3 peaks challenge

Wasdale head pub hosts ‘greatest liar’ competition

Designated quiet area

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11
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What is the sense of place of Wasdale?

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Beautiful area for walking an other outdoor activities

Was voted Britain’s favourite view by ITV

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What is the Perception of Place for Wasdale?

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An isolated and quiet area as doesn’t have much going on

Relies heavily on car ownership

Very green and large areas of natural environments

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13
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What are the advantages of census data?

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It is a legal document

Representative of the whole country

It’s compulsory

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What are the disadvantages of census data?

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It’s every 10 years so can become easily outdated

The boundaries can change

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What type of data is census data?

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Demographic

Secondary data

Quantitative

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16
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How does the population vary between Seascale and Gosforth?

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Seascale (2823) is almost double the population for Gosforth (1396)

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17
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What is the diversity of Wasdale like?

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Gosforth (1.8%) has a non-white percentage that is almost 10 times smaller than the whole country (20.2%)

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18
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What is the levels of employment like in Wasdale?

Why?

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They are high of between 12.3 and 17.5%

It is a rural area so large majorities are farmers

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19
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What percentage of people in Seascale own their property out right?

Why?

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50% of them

Retired people who have paid off morgage

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20
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Why has the population of Wasdale varied?

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The boundaries have changed.

Now people living in wasdale head and nether wasdale were counted as Gosforth whereas they weren’t before. Changed after 1891

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What is the mean age of Gosforth and Seascale?

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Gosforth is 49.7

Seascale is 46.5

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What is the median age of Gosforth and Seascale?

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Gosforth is 53

Seascale is 49

23
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What is the age of buildings in Wasdale?

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Seascale is much younger (1945- 1954)

Gosforth and Wasdale are older (pre 1900)

24
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What is the approximate average for house prices in Wasdale?

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The house prices are higher (100k to 150k) in Wasdale than in Whitehaven (under 100k)

25
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What is the top method of travel to work in Wasdale?

Why?

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Cars or vans

Everything is isolated.
The roads are poor and limited.

26
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What is the top method of travel to work excluding cars in Wasdale?

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Walk or cycle

27
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Why might people in the area choose to work from home Wasdale?

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Travel times are long to places like Sellafield

28
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What is the top industry in Wasdale?

Where?

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Manufacturing

Sellafield

29
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What has happened to the population in Wasdale?

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Has had a 1-5 % fall

30
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What is the main type of central heating in Wasdale?

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Gosforth and Seascale is mainly gas

Gosforth has some electric

Sellafield uses oil

31
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What is the index of multiple deprivation like in Wasdale?

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Copeland is amongst the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in the country

32
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What is geospatial data?

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Data that is associated with a particular location

33
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What are the advantages of geospatial data?

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Visualises data

Quick collection

High accuracy

34
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What are the disadvantages of geospatial data?

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Requires lots of data

Violates privacy

Data must be correct to be accurate

35
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What are the high deprivation factors in Wasdale?

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Income- 88%

Employment- 84%

Health- 67%

Education- 90%

Crime- 98%

36
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What are the low deprivation factors in Wasdale?

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Barriers to services- 4%

Living environment- 28%

37
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What are crime rates like in Wasdale?

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In March 2018, 74 Crimes were reported

38
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What are the indicators of health and quality of life like in Wasdale?

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Life expectancy is lower than expected

Less children in low income families

High pupil average

High percentage of people in employment

High sickness levels

Extremely high sickness absence

High amounts of people killed or injured in traffic

Low noise complaints

Low homelessness

39
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What are the schools in the area like in Wasdale?

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Only 2 primary schools

Rated 2 = good

40
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What is the gross domestic household income for Cumbria?

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£17,277 per head

41
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What has happened to the size and shape of Gosforth since the late 18th century?

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The south east has become more built up with houses and hotels.

The village used to be linear but now it is clustered and nucleated

42
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What type of housing is found in Gosforth?

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Mainly detached houses with gardens but some semi-detached.

They have been suburbanised

43
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Who might live in Gosforth?

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People who work at Sellafield who have higher roles e.g manager or supervisor who have worked up the ladder and have a higher income

Elderly people and families seeking the rural idyll

44
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What are the good points of development?

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Creates more opportunities and involvement e.g sports teams

Have relatively large threshold population

45
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What are the bad points of development?

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The area becomes crowded and congested.

The character changes and there may be a loss of sense of community

46
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What does demographic relate to?

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Population

47
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What are the 4 types of migration?

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International:
Immigration
Emigration

Local-national:
Immigration
Outmigration

48
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What is possibly the biggest reason for in- migration in Wasdale?

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The development of Sellafield nuclear site in the 1950s

49
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What age group has the smallest number of inhabitants in Wasdale?

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20-24

50
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What is the population of over 65 like in Gosforth?

What does it show?

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Double the average for England which shows an ageing population

51
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What does the age of 20-24 show in Wasdale?

Why?

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Selective out-migration

Limited jobs and higher education

52
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What is the most transient age group in Wasdale?

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15-24

53
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What is the largest employment sector in Wasdale?

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Manufacturing (19%)

Employs around double the amount as accommodation and food (10%)

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