Regeneration EQ2

Question 1

How are urban places successful and what are the problems?

Answer 1

-often have government led regeneration
-attractive to people and investment
-low deprivation
However …
-skill gaps
-lower income workers suffer as high house prices etc

Question 2

How are rural areas successful?

Answer 2

• growing population and economic output
• attractive
• technology allows skilled workers to work here

Question 3

What are the key characteristics of rural decline?(5)

Answer 3

• youth migration
• shift to tourism only benefits popular places
• decline in services
• mechanisation = fall in primary sector jobs
• ageing population

Question 4

What are the two priority areas for regeneration?

Answer 4

Sink estates

Declining rural settlements

Question 5

What are the low priority areas for regeneration?

Answer 5

Gated communities

Commuter villages

Question 6

What factors effect election turn out? (4)

Answer 6

• lack of trust in politicians (young and minorities)
• lack of belonging
• language barrier
• feeling of having no influence

Question 7

Factors affecting lives experience?(2)

Answer 7

Membership - feeling of belonging

Influence - taking part and caring about a place

Question 8

Factors effecting engagement? (5)

Answer 8

Age 
Gender 
Ethnicity 
Length of residence 
Level of deprivation

Question 9

Conflicting views of regeneration?

Answer 9

• some marginalised by dominant groups get less say
• studentification; little respect
• involvement in elections to get point across
• gentrification; take over house prices

Question 10

Measuring need for regeneration?

Answer 10

Statistical data
-IMD
-labour force surveys 
-census data
Media
-TV, newspapers, images, blogs 
-give sense of place 
-show need for regeneration 
-do places deserve?