Regeneration Flashcards
Employment sector
Primary Secondary Tertiary Quaternary Quinary
Type of employment
Part/full time
Temporary/permanent
Employed/self-employed
Social Implications
Health - linked to sectors more manual exposed to polluted chemicals.
Life expectancy - (Glasgow effect) diet, smoking, healthcare etc.
Education - linked to income levels.
Inequalities in pay
Pay levels - low-level services receive less, seasonal jobs.
Quality of life indices - factors contributing to quality of life and inequality.
Regeneration
Long term upgrading of existing places or more drastic renewal schemes
Inter generational cycle
Education, underachievement and poor health may be passed on therefore the cycle needs to be broken.
Inequality
High inequality will reduce potential for economic growth
Spatial inequality
Differences across places at neighbourhood or street level as well between cities or countries.
Changes in characteristics and functions
Places may be associated with a dominant function with distinct demographic characteristics reflected in employment, land use and deprivation levels.
Functional change
Commercial
Administrative
Retail
Industrial
Reasons for functional/Demographic change
Physical
Role of planning by government/stakeholders
Accessibility/connectedness
Historical development
Gentrification
Change in social structure of a place when affluent people move into a location. (Upgrade to attract higher income people)
Studentification
Term used for places offering higher education provision.
Students cluster in towns/cities and often high levels of anti social behaviour and an absence during holidays.
Perception
Vital part of lived experiences and affects how people engage with places.
Social consequences of inequality (reduced)
Trust in power
Participation
Educational attainment
Attatchment
Social consequences of inequality (increased)
Segregation
Reduced life expectancy
Health issues
Status competition
Rust belt
Term used in reference to a once powerful manufacturing region that fell into decline following global shift.