Regenerating Places Content Flashcards
What can lead to inequality between places in the Uk?
Older traditional communities remain economically marginal, seen by the loss of Tara Steel in 2016. In port Talbot there are large numbers of part time / full time employees dependent upon the success of secondary industries.
How does employment link to health and quality of life?
Working long hours has an increased risk to health through exposure to harmful chemicals which can lead to poor health.
Variations in income can affect the quality of people’s housing and diets
How does life expectancy vary across the UK?
Gender, income, occupation and education are key factors together with lifestyle choices (diet and smoking) all affect life expectancy
How does education vary across the UK?
Strongly linked to income levels.
Disadvantaged children less likely to continue on to further education eg University
What is the function of a place?
The different roles a place plays for its community and surroundings.
What is the characteristic of a place?
The physical and human aspects that help to distinguish one place from another.
What can cause changes in demography?
Ethnic composition
Gentrification
Age structure
What are the positives of gentrification?
Cities become more interesting for all income levels
Wealth increases
YUPEES
Service provision improves
Regeneration without the public sector spending
Increased property values
What are the negatives of gentrification?
Social character of an area changes
Working class residents displaced
Locals outpriced in the housing market
Social stratification
What are the positives of a change in ethnic composition?
Influx of new ideas
Fusion ideas
What are the negatives of changes to ethnic composition?
Social stratification
Negative tension between cultures
Segregation in the community
Positives of studentification?
Can be upskilling for the population as once qualified people may stay in the area after gaining degrees etc
Negatives of studentification?
Increase crime and antisocial behaviour
House prices decrease
Takeaways increase
Introduction of police patrols
Changes in land use
How do geographers measure changes within places?
Land use changes
Employment trends
Demographic changes
Levels of deprivation
What are employment trends?
Tertiary, secondary, primary or quaternary industry
Full time/ part time / zero hours / unemployed
How many have a degree
Avg income
What are examples of demographic trends?
Life expectancy
Age structure
Ethnicity
Infant mortality
What are the advantages of using census data?
Carried out every 10 years
Most wide ranging survey of population
Numerous indicators make it very detailed
Anonymous
What are the disadvantages of using census data?
Takes years to process data so by the time it’s used it’s out of date
Anonymity means that 1=3 to protect identities
Other methods collect good / better data for examples doctors records
Only done every 10yrs so doesn’t allow for change.
How is Birmingham regionally influential?
Connected via m42,m5,m6 and the m40
Birmingham largest metropolitan area locally
How is Swansea regionally influential?
Port Talbot has the Port Talbot enterprise zone on the water front.
Brangwyn Hall for music events.
Meridian Quay- tallest building in Wales
What national influence does Birmingham have?
Home to the Bullring shopping centre attracting 38 million visitors per year
Strong political figures - Mayor is Mohammed Azim.
What national influence does Swansea have?
Has the Gower Peninsula and Oxwich Bay
Well connected by boat and rail
How is Birmingham internationally influential?
1/5 Birmingham population born overseas
Birmingham has 7th busiest airport in the UK
Birmingham to host 2022 Commonwealth games
How does Swansea have international influence?
7.2% born overseas
Overshadowed by Cardiff which is much more highly regenerated and very close in proximity.
