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Define quality of life

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health
happiness and
satisfaction of a person

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What is housing tenure?

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The way you legally live in a house

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What factors effect quality of life

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Family
health
access to services
diet
where you live
holidays
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Define standard of living

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The wealth

and possessions of a person or family

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Factors that effect standard of living

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Income
type of possessions
type of job
country lived in

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What is access to housing?

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How much choice you have
over where you live and
what you live in (type and tenure)

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Locate Birmingham

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Birmingham is located
in the West Midlands
North East of the river Severn
in the uk

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What are low order | convenience goods

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Cheaper
needed everyday
available close to your home
small catchment area

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What are high order | comparison goods

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Expensive
bought less often
often need to travel to buy them
larger catchment area

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10
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Define greenfield sites

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Sites that gave not been built on before –> often rural or countryside areas

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Define brownfield sites

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Sites that have been used but may be currently derelict or are waiting for renovation

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Push factors from Maracus

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Constant problems
No jobs
Drought
Bad transport
Crops failing 
Bad wages
Bad QOL & SOL
Bad infrastructure 
Bad education
Unemployment
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Pull factors to Rio

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Good transport
Electricity
Better services
Leisure 
Better infrastructure (all the services and connections required eg transport, electricity, water etc..)
Better education
Entertainment 
Good wages and jobs
Better QOL and SOL
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Catchment area

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The area in which a service draws its customers

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Access to services

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How easy or difficult it is to access services and how much choice you have over services

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Factors effecting access to services

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Catchment area
Religion 
Interests
Money
Government choice
Demand 
Health
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Access to education

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The quality of education you receive and how much choice you have over which school you have

18
Q

Where is guildford

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South of woking
In Surrey
South west of London

19
Q

What is urban decay

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A process whereby a previously functioning city or part of a city falls into disrepair or decrepitude

20
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Regeneration

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A process where a run down area is redeveloped and improved by renovation and reconstruction

21
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Where is Heathrow located

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West London
England
Uk

22
Q

What is an urban microclimate

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The small scale local climate of a large city which is influenced by its traffic and buildings

23
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What is an urban heat island

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When a city has temperatures that are warmer than the surrounding rural area

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Pull factor

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Reasons to go to somewhere to live

25
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Refugees

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People who are in danger and who leave their homes for their own safety

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Voluntary migration

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Migrants choose to leave their home for somewhere else

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Push factor

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Reasons to live your home to live somewhere else

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Asylum seekers

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People who seek safety in another country

29
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Remittances

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Money that is earned in another country and sent home to the family

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Forced migration

A

People have to leave their homes

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Economic migrants

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People who move to another country for work

32
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Counter urbanisation

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The movement of people and businesses out of cities to the surrounding countryside areas

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Green belt

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The green field area around towns and cities which is protected from development

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Commuters

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People who travel to somewhere else to work away from their home

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Dormitory village

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Commuters sleep there but don’t use the services so that area is quiet during the day

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Suburbanisation

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The process where rural areas grow and become more like the suburbs of a town or city

37
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Urban to rural migration

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Migration from cities or towns to countryside areas

38
Q

List honeypot sites going from largest scale to small scale

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National park eg Peak District

Areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) eg Surrey hills

National nature reserve (NNR) eg Ynylas NNR, mid Wales

Site of special scientific interest (SSSI) eg horsell common

39
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New forest location

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South west of Southampton
West of Portsmouth
North west of the Isle of Wight

40
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7 main topic 1 areas:

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  1. QOL, SOL
  2. Housing
  3. Services (retail and eduction for example)
  4. Urban decay and regeneration
  5. Sustainable settlements and planning issues
  6. Urbanisation,migration and informal settlements
  7. Rural issues (eg visitor pressure and counter urbanisation)
41
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Locate Maracus

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Located in North East Brazil
South East of Recife
and North East of Salvador