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Regeneration Definitions Flashcards

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Define accessibility?

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How easy it is to travel to a place or interact with an individual

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What is agricultural based regeneration?

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The focus of regeneration is to help local farmers produce extra revenue such as creating farm shops etc

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Define Amenity Value?

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The value of a resource to locals and business (beaches, timber and coal)

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What is a built environment?

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The buildings and infrastructure within an urban area

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What is capital?

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Productive assets, goods or financial stakes

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What is the central business districts (CBD)

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The centre of a city, containing a high density of businesses and TNC headquarters

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What is a council estate?

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Consisting only of social housing, with tenants on subsided rent

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What is counter urbanisation?

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An increase in the proportion of a population living within rural areas, due to migration from urban to rural regions

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What is cultural enrichment?

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The additions of ideas, traditions and beliefs did to the arrival of new people

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What is cultural erosion?

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The lose of culture, resulting in a change in ideas or disregard for traditions

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What is culture?

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The way of life of a particular group of people at a particular time, generally customs and beliefs

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Define degeneration?

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The decline of a region over time, due to insufficient funds, outward migration and declining quality of life for residents

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What is deindustrialisation?

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A reduction in industrial capacity, leading to social and economic change within a region

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What is demographic

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The characteristics of a population

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What is deprivation?

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Individuals lack basic services or objects they would expect to have in the 21st century

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What is dereliction?

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The loss of industry or productivity of the land, leaving it abandoned

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What is diversity?

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Variation within a population, in their characteristics, background and behaviour

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What is an Elite migrant?

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Migration due to an individuals wealth or status, often investing in the host country through investment visas, property or business

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What is an environmental impact assessment?

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The study of environmental impacts caused by large business projects

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What is environmental regeneration?

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The focus of regeneration is to restore and maintain natural environments such as woodlands, beaches and national parks

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Define ethnicity

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The cultural background of a group of people, often based on religion of country of origin

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What is a gated community?

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Urban neighbourhoods surrounded by gates and often to improve privacy and safety. They can add to segregation within a community

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What is gentrification?

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Renovation of older/deteriorating buildings or areas with the aim of attracting high-income individuals or elite businesses to a place

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What is governance?

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The management of a place or group of people

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What is hard regeneration?

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Construction of new buildings and infrastructure and investment within a region

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What is Idyll?

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A location with ideal living conditions and good qualities. Often based on a perception

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What is inequality?

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Differences in income, well-being and wealth between individuals, communities and society

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What is internal migration?

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The movement of people within a country

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What is international migration?

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The movement of people from one country to another

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What is Leisure-led Regeneration?

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The focus of regeneration is to attract tourists or improve the social quality of life (sports and activities, attractions etc)

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What is the life-cycle stage?

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The change in opinions and values at different stages of an individuals life

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What is life expectancy?

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The average number of years an individual is likely to live, determined at birth

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What is lived experience?

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The contribution of experiences and opportunities to an individuals views and values

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Define media?

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The publishing of information and production of entertainment (e.g. BBC, local newspapers, radio stations)

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Define multicultural

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The existence, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single geographic area

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What is non-agricultural based regeneration?

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The focus of regeneration is to produce revenue for rural businesses (e.g. Tea Rooms, paintballing, historic attractions)

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Define perception

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A persons view of a place or issue based on feelings, experience and outside forces such as the media

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Define political engagement

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The willingness and ability of an individual to vote or join political parties or pressure groups

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Define pressure group

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Usually voluntary organisations, with the aim of persuading the public and changing government policy or authorities actions

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Define population density

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The number of people per square kilometre

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Define rebranding

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Creating a new look or reputation for an area

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What is regional Disparity

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The economic (or cultural) gap between different parts of a country

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What is retail-led regeneration

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The focus of regeneration is to attract ships to high streets and markets, and to establish warehouses and logistical hubs for TNCs

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Define reimagining

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Regeneration and rebranding specifically focussed on removing negative perceptions about a place

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Define rural decline

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Reduction in population in rural areas, leading to reduced services and government spending for that region

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What is the rural-urban continuum?

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A range of living spaces running from remotest peripheral rural villages to the CBD of the city

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Define segregation?

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The separation of a group from other groups thus can be through force or voluntarily. Segregation can often occur due to housing strategies or regeneration projects

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What is a sink estate?

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Council estates that score badly on the Index of multiple deprivation

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Define the spiral of decline

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Stages of rural decline that contribute to a positive feedback loop, with more and more outward migration and increasingly declining services

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Define culture-led regeneration

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The focus of regeneration is to enhance historic or cultural attractions of an area such as opening stately homes and building a reputation based on famous residents

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What is a stakeholder?

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An individual with interest and influence within their community (residents, local businesses, farmers, NGOs)

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Define social clustering

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Groups of people with similar background frequency living together

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Define social exclusion

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The inability of a group of people to become involved in the cultural activities of a place

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Define soft regeneration

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Investing in the skills and education of the population to improve their own quality of life

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Define urbanisation

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An increase in the proportion of a population living within urban areas

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Define urban resurgence

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Also known as re-urbanisation, urban resurgence is the movement of people back to an area which was previously in decline.

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