Regeneration Key Words

Question 1

Types of regeneration

Answer 1

Agriculture based regeneration:
e.g aim is to help local farms produce extra revenue, such as through farm shops, maze mazes, tractor rides etc.

Environmental regeneration:
Focus is to restore and maintain natural environments such as woodlands, beaches and national parks.

Hard regeneration:
Construction of new buildings and infrastructure and investment within a region.

Soft regeneration:
Investing in the skills and education of the population to improve their own quality of life.

Leisure led regeneration:
Focus is to attract tourists or improve social quality of life (sports, activities, attractions etc.

Non-Agricultural Based Regeneration​:
Focus is to produce revenue for rural businesses e.g tea rooms, paint balling, historic attractions.

Retail-led Regeneration:
Focus is to attract shops to high streets and markets and to establish warehouses and logistical hubs for TNCs

Culture-led Regeneration:
e.g aim is to enhance historic or cultural attractions of an area, building a reputation based on famous residents… Bronte Country ,Beatrix Potter in the Lake District

Question 2

Amenity value

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The benefit to people of a local resource that they can use to improve their lives, e.g a Beach, has a high amenity value as it can be used for recreation.

Question 3

Built environment

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A urban area with buildings and infrastructure, such as roads and railways.

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Capital

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Productive assets, goods or financial stakes

Question 5

CBD

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Central Business District, the centre of a city, containing a high density of business and TNC headquarters.

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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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Cultural Enrichment

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The addition of ideas, actions and meanings that are the result of the arrival of new people to an area.

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Cultural Erosion

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Loss or dilution of a specific culture due to cultural diffusion. A change in ideas and traditions.

Question 9

Culture

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The way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time.

Question 10

Deindustrialisation

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The mass closure of industries in regions traditionally associated with secondary industrial production, also features high unemployment levels. Partly due to a global shift in production from developed to developing countries

Question 11

Demographic

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data about population, including Age, Gender, education, nationality, ethnicity, religion

Question 12

Deprivation

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When people lack the things they would expect to have in the 21st century, such as jobs, a certain level of income, affordable housing, access to services such as schools and health care

Question 13

Derelict Land

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Previously used land in cities that has fallen into disrepair because buildings have closed and no one is there to maintain them

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Diversity

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Degree of variation within a population e.g age, ethnicity, culture

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Elite Migrants

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Migrants able to move between countries due to their wealth, valuable skills or fame.

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Environmental Impact Assessment

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Planning stage, that takes into account the environmental impacts caused by the project.

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Ethnicity

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Cultural background of a group of people often based on religion or country of origin

Question 18

Gated Community

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Neighbourhoods of towns or cities where houses are designed with gates and fences to improve privacy or safety, can add to segregation within a community

Question 19

Gentrification

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Renewal, renovation or rebuilding of older and deteriorating buildings in order to create more up-market places for middle class people to live, often leading to the displacement of poorer residents, as property prices increase, making it unaffordable.

Question 20

Governance

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The management of a place or group of people.

Question 21

Idyll

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Describes a place that maximises the positives of a living space. often used in relation to rural areas with low pollution levels and plenty of open green spaces, unspoilt natural beauty, traditional ways of live and jobs.

Question 22

Inequality

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Differences in income and wealth, and well being, between individuals, groups within a community or communities within a society.

Question 23

Internal Migration

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Movement of people within a country, where the move is a change in residence for at least one year.

Question 24

International Migration

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Movement of people from one country to another

Question 25

Life-Cycle stage

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Change in opinions at different stages of an individuals life. e.g child, independent single young adult, young married couple etc.

Question 26

Life expectancy

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The avg number of years an individual is likely to live from birth

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Lived experience

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During a person’s lifetime they will have different experiences, depending on a variety of factors. These affect judgements about places and situations and lead to their perceptions, views and opinions

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Media

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Various ways of presenting info to people, including journals, magazines, television etc.

Question 29

Multicultural

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Existence, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single geographic area.

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Perception

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View of a place or issue based on feelings and experience, a qualitative judgement

Question 31

Political Engagement

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

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Pressure Groups

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Usually voluntary organisations, with the aim of persuading the public and changing gov. policies or authorities actions.

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Population density

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Number of people per square kilometre

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Rebranding

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Creating a new look or reputation for an area, often relying on an areas industrial past or literary frame, Black county, Beatrix Potter.
Altering the feel and attitude people have towards it.

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Regional disparity

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The economic or cultural gap between different parts of a country

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Reimaging

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

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Rural Decline

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

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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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Segregation

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Separation of a group from other groups, this can be through force or voluntarily. Segregation can often occur due to housing strategies or regeneration projects

Question 40

Sink estates

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Council estates that score badly on the index of multiple deprivation

Question 41

Spiral of decline

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

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Stakeholder

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

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Social clustering

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Groups of people with similar background frequently living together

Question 44

Social exclusion

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

Question 45

Urbanisation

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

Question 46

Re-Urbanisation

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The movement of people back into an area which was previously in decline. This influx of people and investment further improves the social, economic and environmental conditions of urban areas.