Regenerating Places (Key Terms)

Question 1

What are the 4 urban regeneration strategies?

Answer 1

A) Sport led
B) Retail led
C) Culture led
D) Tourism/leisure led

Question 2

What are the 4 rural regeneration strategies?

Answer 2

A) Sport led
B) Media led
C) Tourism/leisure led
D) Culture led

Question 3

What are some aspects of successful regions?

Answer 3

• Attract people, workers and investment
• Good transport and technological infrastructure
• Few areas suffering high deprivation
• Problems such as high property prices, high congestion and skills shortages

Question 4

What are some aspects of less successful places?

Answer 4

• Lower rates of investment, higher rates of deprivation and deindustrialisation
• Negative perceptions is long standing, passed down generations
• Increased unhappiness, less motivation
• Lower levels of education
• Ageing population
• Spiral of decline

Question 5

What are some factors affecting attachment to place?

Answer 5

• Length of residence= stronger opinion of place (either positive or negative).
• Gender= Perception of safety may differ, some workplaces dominated by one gender.
• Stage of life= Young adults may prefer locations with close by work, shops and facilities. Older people and young families may prefer more secluded space.
• Memories.
• Studentification= can affect attachment based on preference.
• Ethnicity= migrants may have increased attachment if moving to a place with a diaspora.

Question 6

What are the 4 key functions of places?

Answer 6

Administrative
Commercial
Retail
Industrial

Question 7

What is gentrification?

Answer 7

The process that sees low income groups displaced by affluent people