Regeneration Key Words

Question 1

Place

4A.1

Answer 1

Geographical spaces shaped by individuals & communities over time

Question 2

Rural-urban continuum

4A.1

Answer 2

Places may vary in characteristics along a rural-urban continuum.

The unbroken transition from sparsely populated or unpopulated, remote rural places to densely populated, intensively used urban places (town & city centres).

Question 3

Regeneration

Answer 3

Long-term upgrading of existing places or more drastic renewal schemes for urban, residential, retail, industrial, commercial, and rural areas.

Question 4

Re-branding

Answer 4

Places are given a new or enhanced identity to increase their attractiveness and socio-economic viability, in order to attract new investors

Question 5

Location Quotients

Answer 5

Mapable ratio
- helps show specialisation in any data distribution being studied. Figure equal/close to 1.00 suggests national & local patterns are similar w/ no particular specialisation. LQs over 1 show a concentration of that type of employment locally.

Question 6

Postcode Lottery

Answer 6

Refers to uneven distribution of local personal health & health services nationally, esp. in mental health/early diagnosis of cancer & emergency care for elderly

Someones access to health services or
medical treatment is
determined by the area of the country
they live in.

Question 7

Glasgow effect

Answer 7

Impacts of poor health linked to deprivation.

Refers to the low life expectancy and poor health of residents of Glasgow, Scotland

Question 8

Quinary

Answer 8

Highest level of decision making in the economy. Concentrated in STEM employment.

Question 9

Gross value added

Answer 9

Measures contribution to the economy of each individual producer, industry or sector. Used in calculating GDP

Question 10

Quality of life

Answer 10

Level of social & economic well-being experienced by individuals/communities measured by various indicators e.g. health, happiness, educational achievement, income & leisure time.
Wider concept than ‘standard of living’ which is centred on just income.

Question 11

Functions

Answer 11

Roles a place plays for its community & surroundings.
They may grow, disappear & change over time. There is a hierarchy according to size & number of functions

Larger places usually offer regional, national or global functions.

Question 12

Characteristics

Answer 12

Physical/human aspects that help distinguish one place from another:
location, natural features, layout, land use, architecture & cultural traits

Question 13

Connections

Answer 13

Any type of physical, social or online linkage between places.
Places may keep some of their characteristics/change them as a result.

Question 14

Sink estate

Answer 14

Housing estates characterised by high levels of economic & social deprivation and crime, esp. domestic violence, drugs & gang warfare.
Originates from 30 years of gov policy, resulting in segregating low-income groups needing social assistance from the rest of society.

Question 15

Gated communities

Answer 15

Found in urban & rural settlements as either individual buildings or groups of houses.
Landscapes of surveillance w/ CCTV & often 24/7 security guards.
Designed to deter access by unknown people & reduce crime.

a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences.

Question 16

Commuter villages

Answer 16

Settlements that have a proportion of their population living in them but who commute out daily/weekly usually to larger settlements nearby/further afield.

Question 17

Lived experience

Answer 17

Actual experience of living in a particular place or environment.
Can have a profound impact on a person’s perceptions & values & general development/outlook on world.