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Regenerating Places Content Flashcards

1
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What can lead to inequality between places in the Uk?

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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.

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How does employment link to health and quality of life?

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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

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How does life expectancy vary across the UK?

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Gender, income, occupation and education are key factors together with lifestyle choices (diet and smoking) all affect life expectancy

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How does education vary across the UK?

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Strongly linked to income levels.

Disadvantaged children less likely to continue on to further education eg University

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5
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What is the function of a place?

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The different roles a place plays for its community and surroundings.

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What is the characteristic of a place?

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The physical and human aspects that help to distinguish one place from another.

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What can cause changes in demography?

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Ethnic composition

Gentrification

Age structure

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What are the positives of gentrification?

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Cities become more interesting for all income levels

Wealth increases

YUPEES

Service provision improves

Regeneration without the public sector spending

Increased property values

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What are the negatives of gentrification?

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Social character of an area changes

Working class residents displaced

Locals outpriced in the housing market

Social stratification

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What are the positives of a change in ethnic composition?

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Influx of new ideas

Fusion ideas

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What are the negatives of changes to ethnic composition?

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Social stratification

Negative tension between cultures

Segregation in the community

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Positives of studentification?

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Can be upskilling for the population as once qualified people may stay in the area after gaining degrees etc

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Negatives of studentification?

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Increase crime and antisocial behaviour

House prices decrease

Takeaways increase

Introduction of police patrols

Changes in land use

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14
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How do geographers measure changes within places?

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Land use changes

Employment trends

Demographic changes

Levels of deprivation

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What are employment trends?

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Tertiary, secondary, primary or quaternary industry

Full time/ part time / zero hours / unemployed

How many have a degree

Avg income

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16
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What are examples of demographic trends?

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Life expectancy
Age structure
Ethnicity
Infant mortality

17
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What are the advantages of using census data?

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Carried out every 10 years
Most wide ranging survey of population
Numerous indicators make it very detailed
Anonymous

18
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What are the disadvantages of using census data?

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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.

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How is Birmingham regionally influential?

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Connected via m42,m5,m6 and the m40

Birmingham largest metropolitan area locally

20
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How is Swansea regionally influential?

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Port Talbot has the Port Talbot enterprise zone on the water front.

Brangwyn Hall for music events.

Meridian Quay- tallest building in Wales

21
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What national influence does Birmingham have?

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Home to the Bullring shopping centre attracting 38 million visitors per year

Strong political figures - Mayor is Mohammed Azim.

22
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What national influence does Swansea have?

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Has the Gower Peninsula and Oxwich Bay

Well connected by boat and rail

23
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How is Birmingham internationally influential?

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1/5 Birmingham population born overseas

Birmingham has 7th busiest airport in the UK

Birmingham to host 2022 Commonwealth games

24
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How does Swansea have international influence?

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7.2% born overseas

Overshadowed by Cardiff which is much more highly regenerated and very close in proximity.

25
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What are the features of a successful place?

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Low deprivation

High skilled

High employment

High property prices

Inward migration

Strong infrastructure

26
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What is a sink estate?

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Housing estates categorised by high levels of economic and social deprivation and crime, particularly domestic violence, drugs and gang welfare.

27
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What are the priorities for regeneration in sink estates?

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Improved housing

Job provision

Education to allow for employment

Income

28
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What is the example of a sink estate?

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Hulme Manchester

29
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What is a commuter village?

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Settlements where a large % of the population that live there commute daily or weekly to larger settlements.

30
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What are the priorities for regeneration in commuter villages?

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Transport

Infrastructure

Rural Ideal

31
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What is an example of a commuter village?

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Bishops Cleeve

St Albans

32
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What is a gated community?

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Landscapes of surveillance with cctv and 24/7 surveillance individual buildings and groups of houses normally surrounded by gates

33
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What are the priorities for regeneration within gated communities?

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Reducing crime by increasing security

Keeping non residents out

Strictly controlled entrances

34
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What is an example of gated communities?

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Redeveloped London Docklands

Lots of segregation, marginalisation and inequality in gated communities

35
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How does civic engagement vary within societies?

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Engagement is much higher in commuter villages due to wealth, affluence, and a standard to live up to in the community to be seen a certain way. Children partake in clubs which parents run / volunteer

36
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Why are commuter villagers more likely to be engaged?

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Parents in a double parent household (free time)

Affluence / wealth

May be brought up with their parents being involved so this trait is passed on

Stay at home parents while other parent works etc

37
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What is civic engagement?

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The ways in which people participate in their community in order to improve their quality of life for others or to shape the future of their community.

38
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Why do levels of engagement vary?

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Social class

Age

Level of attachment

39
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How can we assess the need for regeneration?

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Future events 
Crime levels
Deprivation levels
Type of people who live there
Environment quality
Civic engagement levels
Demographic change.

A Level Geography (12 decks)

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