Regenerating Places

Question 1

Place

Answer 1

Geographical spaces shaped by individuals and communities over time

Question 2

Rural-urban continuum

Answer 2

The unbroken transition from sparsely populated or unpopulated remote rural places to densely populated intensively used urban places (towns and city centres)

Question 3

Regeneration

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Long term upgrading of existing places or more drastic renewal schemes for urban residential retail industrial and commercial areas as well as rural areas. This sometimes includes conservation to preserve a specific identity. It is connected with rebranding which centres on place marketing where places are given a new or enhanced identity to increase their attractiveness and sociology-economic viability

Question 4

Quinary

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The highest levels of decision making in an economy- the top business executives and officials in government science universities nonprofit organisations healthcare culture and the media. It is concentrated in STEM employment

Question 5

Location quotient

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A mappable ratio which helps show specialisation in any data distribution being studied. A figure equal to or close to 1.00 suggests national and local patterns are similar with no particular specialisation such as retailing. LQs over 1 show a concentration of that type of employment locally

Question 6

Gross value added

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Measures the contribution to the economy of each individual producer industry or sector. It is used in calculating GDP

Question 7

Postcode lottery

Answer 7

This refers to the uneven distribution of local personal health and health services nationally especially in mental health early diagnosis of cancer and emergency care for the elderly

Question 8

Glasgow effect

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The impacts of poor health linked to deprivation

Question 9

Quality of life

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The level of social and economic well-being experienced by individuals or communities measured by various indicators including health happiness educational achievement income and leisure time. It is a wider concept than “standard of living” which is centred on just income

Question 10

Functions

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The roles a place plays for its community and surrounding. Some usually larger places offer regional national or even global functions. Functions may grow disappear and change over time. There is a hierarchy according to size and number of functions

Question 11

Characteristics

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The physical and human aspects that help distinguish on place from another: location, national features, layout, land use, architecture and cultural traits

Question 12

Connections

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Any type of physical social or online linkages between places. Places may keep some of their characteristics or change them as a result

Question 13

Sink estate

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Housing estate characteristics by high levels of economic and social deprivation and crime especially domestic violence drugs and gang warfar

Question 14

Gated communities

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Found in urban and rural settlements as either individual buildings or groups of houses. They are landscape of surveillance with CCTV and often 24/7 security guards. They are designed to deter access by unknown people and reduce crime

Question 15

Commuter villages

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Settlements that have a proportion of their population living in them but who commute out daily or weekly usually to larger settlements either nearby or further afield

Question 16

Lived experience

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The actual experience of living in a particular place or environment. Such experience can have a profound impact on a person’s perceptions and values as well as on their general development and their outlook on the world

Question 17

Rebranding

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The marketing aspect of designed to attract businesses residents and visitors. It often includes re-imaging

Question 18

Re-imaging

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Making a place more attractive and desirable to invest and live in or visit

Question 19

Infrastructure

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The basic physical systems of a place:
Economic infrastructure includes highways, energy distribution, water and sewerage facilities, and telecommunication networks
Social infrastructure includes public housing, hospitals, schools and university

Question 20

Flagship regeneration projects

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Large scale prestigious projects often using bold “signature architecture”. The hope is to generate a positive spin in a place

Question 21

Catalyst

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The method used or event that starts a regeneration scheme such as the building of a new shopping mall leisure facility creation of a country park or holding an event

Question 22

Area based initiatives

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ABIs aim to improve selected people or places with a specific location and include educational attainment enhancing crime prevention and reducing unemployment

Question 23

Poverty

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Poverty is relative to the place and time people live in. The poverty threshold used in the UK is households with an income of less than 60% of the national median after housing costs are included

Question 24

Baseline data

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The information used to compare present-day characteristics with for example past land-use maps photos and statistics

Question 25

Benefit-cost ratios

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The balance between investment and outcomes; a positive ratio is desirable

Question 26

Sustainability

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The definition of sustainable regeneration varies but in this context it may be thought of as regeneration that creates long lasting social and environmental benefits for a place