Regenerating Places P-R

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

the view of a place or issue
based on feelings and experience
a qualitative judgement

Question 2

Planning

Answer 2

The decision-making process
of a national, regional, or local body
which decides where to locate things like new houses and where to regenerate, redevelop or renew

Question 3

Policy decisions

Answer 3

significant decisions
made by a Govt
in the national interest
perhaps when local interests are conflicting

Question 4

Political engagement

Answer 4

the willingness and ability of people
to get involved in voting for Governments
or
joining pressure groups that are trying to bring about change

Question 5

Population density

Answer 5

the number of people living within an area, usually measured per square kilometre.
Core and Urban areas have higher population densities,
while peripheral and rural areas have lower population densities

Question 6

Population Growth

Answer 6

the increase in the numbers of people living within a defined area or place,
usually given as a percentage per year

Question 7

Population structure

Answer 7

The number of people within each age group and by gender.

…shown in bar graph ie population pyramid

Question 8

Post-production

Answer 8

Developing a place after decline often through a marketing strategy to re-image the place so that people see it differently and more positively.

Question 9

Quality of life index

Answer 9

An attempt to objectively quantify the life-satisfaction of people living in a particular place.

Question 10

Rebranding

Answer 10

Creating a new look or reputation for an area,
often relying on a an areas industrial past or literary frame;
altering the feel and attitude people have toward it.

Question 11

Regeneration

Answer 11

the process of improving a rural or urban place by making positive changes. - 
Include knocking down derelict buildings and building new ones(redevelopment) 
improving the existing buildings and area (renewal) 
or changing the image of a place through redesign and publicity

Question 12

Regional disparity

Answer 12

economic and perhaps cultural, gap between different part of a country with a wealthy core region and a poorer peripheral region

Question 13

Re-imaging

Answer 13

part of a regeneration strategy by changing the image or name of a place and therefore how people view it.

Question 14

Resilience

Answer 14

the ability of a community to resist the impacts of a hazard by adapting or recovering.

Question 15

Rural-urban continuum

Answer 15

the whole range of area and place types, from the remotest peripheral rural area to the CBD of a large city. It includes successful rural areas the rural urban fringe and suburbs.