Regenerating places - Chapter 16 - Why might regeneration be needed? Flashcards
What is meant by perception of a place?
Perception is a vital part of lived experiences and affects how people engage with a place. It varies between individuals and groups of people. These factors can be real or imagined. People mainly have positive or negative views on a place which may vary over time.
How can we measure the success of a place?
Successful places are generally seen to have high levels of employment, output levels, in-migration and quality of life, and low levels of deprivation.
Define “sink estate”.
A sink estate is a housing estate characterised by high levels of economic and social deprivation and crime, especially domestic violence, drugs and gang warfare.
Define “gated community”.
Found in urban and rural settlements as either individual buildings or groups of houses. They are landscapes of surveillance, with CCTV and often 24/7 security guards. They are designed to deter access by unknown people and reduce crime. They are hella’ expensive though.
Define “commuter village”.
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.
Give an example of a commuter village.
Village of Easton, situated in the Itchen valley in Winchester.
High house prices.
Define “lived experience”.
Lived experience is the actual experience of living in a particular place or environment. Such experience can have profound impact on a person’s perceptions and values, as well as on their general development and their outlook on the world.
What is attachment to place?
A person-place bond that evolves from specifiable conditions of place and characteristics of people.
What factors affect levels of engagement within a community?
Age Length of residence Levels of deprivation Gender Ethnicity
What factors may signal that a place may require regeneration?
The success of economic regeneration can be assessed using measures of income, poverty and employment (both relative and absolute changes) both within areas and by comparison to other more successful areas.
