REGENERATION definitions

Question 1

Accessibility

Answer 1

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

Question 2

CBD

Answer 2

Central business district is the centre of a city, donating a high density of businesses and TNC headquarters

Question 3

Council estate

Answer 3

Consisting only of social housing, with tenants on subsidised rent

Question 4

Counter urbanisation

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Deindustrialisation

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Demographic

Answer 6

The characteristics of a population

Question 7

Deprivation

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Dereliction

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Diversity

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Elite migrants

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Other migrants

Question 12

Gated communities

Answer 12

Urban neighborhoods surrounded by gates often to improve privacy and safety. This can segregation to a community

Question 13

Gentrification

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Governance

Answer 14

The management of a place or group of people

Question 15

Inequality

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Internal migration

Answer 16

The movement of people within a country

Question 17

International migration

Answer 17

The movement of people form one country to another

Question 18

Life expectancy

Answer 18

The average number of years an individual is likely to live.

Question 19

Multicultural

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Perception

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Political engagement

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Pressure group

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Rebranding

Answer 23

Creating a new look or reputation for an area

Question 24

Regional disparity

Answer 24

The economic or cultural gap between different parts of a country

Question 25

Reimaging

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Rural decline

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Segregation

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Sink estates

Answer 28

Council estates that score badly on the index of multiple deprivation

Question 29

Spiral of decline

Answer 29

Stages of rural decline that contribue to a positive feedback loop with more and more outward migration and increasingly decline in services

Question 30

Stakeholder

Answer 30

An individual with interest and influence within their community

Question 31

Social clustering

Answer 31

Groups of people with similar backgrounds frequently living together

Question 32

Social exclusion

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Urbanisation

Answer 33

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