Regenerating places

Question 1

Knowledge economy

Answer 1

Consumption and production based on intellectual capital

Question 2

Footloose

Answer 2

When a company is flexible in where they can locate

Question 3

Rural-urban continuum

Answer 3

The unbroken space between rural and urban places

Question 4

Regeneration

Answer 4

Long-term, sustainable upgrade of an existing place, sometimes to preserve an identity

Question 5

Studentification

Answer 5

When neighbourhoods become dominated by student occupation

Question 6

Ethnicity

Answer 6

A group of people who identify with eachother on attributes

Question 7

Gentrification

Answer 7

The process whereby a poor urban place is changed by wealthy people moving in and displacing current inhabitants

Question 8

IMD

Answer 8

Index of multiple deprivation - splits England into ranked LSOAs, based on income, employmwnt, health, education etc

Question 9

Re-branding

Answer 9

The way a place is redeveloped and marketed, so that it gains a new identity to attract investors and visitors. Done through re-imaging and regeneration

Question 10

Re-imaging

Answer 10

Countering negative place image by changing perceptions of a place

Question 11

Post-production countryside

Answer 11

Rural areas that no longer make most of their income from the primary sector

Question 12

Rural flight

Answer 12

Young people leaving a rural area due to a lack of opportunities and/or services

Question 13

Diversification

Answer 13

Converting areas used in the primary sector to tertiary (farms made into camping, paintball, ice cream etc)

Question 14

Local Interest Groups

Answer 14

Collection of people in an area that share a view on regeneration projects

Question 15

Need for regeneration in Plymouth

Answer 15

Deindustrialisation
Less employment in navy
High unemployment, life exp 4 below avg, 46000 in deprived areas

Question 16

Successes of Plymouth regen

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-Drake Circus founded in 2006, £1.3bn into economy. Increased capacity on A386.
-‘Britain’s Ocean City’ , so more people want to visit and live there
-Marine Research Plymouth, Knowledge Economy and disposable incomes

Question 17

Failures of Plymouth regen

Answer 17

-Unequal regen, 7 areas including Ernesttle and Devonport still in top 10 deprived in Devon
-Q&Q of housing, 10000 people on list
-Quaternary industry does nothing to help deprived

Question 18

Bath studentification

Answer 18

6000 HMOs in BANES
-Pushes others out housing market, upsets locals

Question 19

Bath regeneration

Answer 19

Retail centric, 55 shops, 860 car spaces
Pros: 24-26m visitors, tertiary jobs, visual improvement
Cons: Heritage threat, TNCs vs local stores

Question 20

HS2

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London to Birmingham to Man and Leeds
Pros: Bridges divide, 70% jobs out LDN, UK gains £15bn per year
Cons: Stage 2 axed, cost from £20 to £105 billion, may help LDN the most

Question 21

Need for regeneration in Cornwall

Answer 21

-Mechanisation and outsourcing
-Rural, ageing, isolated, nearest M-way in Exeter
-UK’s poorest region

Question 22

Successes of Cornwall regen

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Eden Project - £1.1bn in 10 years, 2700 local suppliers, 80% visit Sprig-Autumn

CUC - Helps graduates set up business or find knowledge based jobs, reduces brain drain

Question 23

Failures of Cornwall regen

Answer 23

-Still rural flight, ‘Jobs not careers’, low wages, lack of services
-Enterprise zones, inaccessible to deprived
-Lack of M-way so no radiator effect felt

Question 24

Bronte country regen

Answer 24

Need- Decline of agriculture and textiles

Strategies- Bronte Falls, Museum etc, Bronte Buses

Eval- Purely tourism so seasonal, won’t attract investment, high rural flight