Topic 4 - Regenerating Places: EQ1

Question 1

What is a Place?

Answer 1

Geographical spaces shaped by individuals and communities over time

Question 2

What is the Rural-Urban continuum?

Answer 2

The unbroken transition from sparsely populated or unpopulated, remote rural places to densely populated, intensively used urban places

Question 3

What are the 5 economic sectors?

Answer 3

Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Quinary

Question 4

What is an example of the primary sector

Answer 4

Extraction of raw material

Question 5

What is an example of the secondary sector

Answer 5

Manufacturing and processing

Question 6

What is an example of the tertiary sector?

Answer 6

Services (e.g. Police)

Question 7

What is an example of the quaternary sector?

Answer 7

Technology based jobs

Question 8

What is an example of the Quinary sector?

Answer 8

Management/consultancy

Question 9

What are the different employee types?

Answer 9

Informal vs Formal employment
Self employed vs Employee
Temporary vs Permanent

Question 10

What is the Clark-Fisher Model?

Answer 10

A graph showing how economic sectors vary in a place depending on its industrial stage (Pre-industrial, Industrial, Post-industrial)

Question 11

Kingston annual income?

Answer 11

£35,000

Question 12

Hackney average income?

Answer 12

£29,500

Question 13

What are the 2 case studies for EQ1?

Answer 13

Hackney
Kingston

Question 14

Kingston and Hackney % in very good health?

Answer 14

Kingston: 65
Hackney: 42.5

Question 15

Has has Kingston functions changed over time?

Answer 15

Started off in the 12th century as a agricultural town and manufacturing pottery.
Then change to an industrial town with more roads and rail communications
Factories were shut down and turned into a town with retail stores

Question 16

How has housing changed in Kingston?

Answer 16

Increase in housing for family’s due to the population expected to reach more than 200,000 by 2029 and needing houses for there new people moving in

Question 17

How has public spaces changed in Kingston?

Answer 17

The ancient market is being regenerated to increase trading prospects and improve its attractiveness for businesses. Its function is still staying the same but is just being regenerated

Question 18

How has transport changed in Kingston?

Answer 18

Improvement for how traffic is managed and the traffic flows around the town centre is releasing space around the Ancient market
Increased bus services

Question 19

Who determines the functions of a place?

Answer 19

Determined by the type of people who live there are many influences on their life

Question 20

What is demographic characteristics?

Answer 20

The people who live in an area; their age and ethnicity

Question 21

Why do places change over time?

Answer 21

The places where people live reshape and reconfigure them to meet the shifting needs and priorities. The function, shape and land use pattern are determined by the types of people that move in to that area

Question 22

What is the second case study?

Answer 22

The London docklands

Question 23

Where is the docklands?

Answer 23

They are near London and next to the River Thames. SW England

Question 24

What change led to the decline of the London docklands

Answer 24

• the ships became too big to fit in the docks due to containerisation
• Goods began to be transported by air as it was quicker and faster to travel and the food was more likely to stay fresh
• the Docklands was damaged a lot by the war and was bombed very badly which causes it to have major damage to it

Question 25

What are the reasons for the changes in the London Docklands?

Answer 25

Economic growth with new high-rise office buildings which now bring more jobs Transport as the accessibility and how connected the dock ands are made it easy for it to be regenerated Growing population and housing

Question 26

What is the remaining problems in the docklands

Answer 26

Those in poor health are often unable to work and want to keep low cost social housing. This has caused high deprivation in Newham. Tower Hamlets had the lowest average life expectancy

Question 27

How can function and demographic characteristics changes be measured?

Answer 27

Land use change Employment trends Demographic changes Levels of Deprivation Census data YouTube and DVDs

Question 28

How has regional influences shaped Hackney?

Answer 28

There are four London overground tube stations in Hackney. There are leisure places, pubs, restaurants, Lido which allow for a wide range of people to use

Question 29

How has national influencers shaped Hackney?

Answer 29

Hackney has a labour government in power and this influence is where money is spent. Emerging crossrail hotspots in East London has led to house price growth

Question 30

How has international influencers shaped Hackney?

Answer 30

£1 billion was invested from the EU to build thousands of affordable homes in London, including Hackney. Hackney is twinned with a place in South Africa Hackney is culturally diverse

Question 31

How has global influences shaped Hackney?

Answer 31

International connections are available with high broadband speeds in the area. Many global brands have set up shops in Hackney such as Nike and UGG

Question 32

How have regional influencers shaped Kingston?

Answer 32

Kingston has great public transport systems with many buses trains and boats. Trains to London. Kingston is near to cities such as London and Richmond and Wimbledon. Many leisure centres

Question 33

How has National influencers shaped Kingston?

Answer 33

In 2022 Kingston elected the liberal democrats Rich sense of community shared across Kingston and has a large Korean population. Kingston is known for a mediaeval market town

Question 34

How has international influencers shaped Kingston?

Answer 34

Kingston has been twined with a place in Germany since 2010. The EU has invested £12.8 million to support educational sports projects. High diversity in religion and ethnicity

Question 35

How has global influences shaped Kingston?

Answer 35

Kingston has very fast broadband speed which allow people to connect all over the globe Many global brands are there such as Apple, Zara, Nike

Question 36

What is super diversity?

Answer 36

High immigration levels and cities often bring together political and minority influences

Question 37

What is sociology-economic conflicts?

Answer 37

Mixed racial tensions and other civil rights issues and LGBTQ movement can cause areas to adopt a new identity

Question 38

What is the history of Hackney?

Answer 38

First settlement relate back to Saxon times. Industrialisation took off in the late 18 century Industry began to relocate after the second world war Is now developed into a popular town

Question 39

what is Kingston’s demographic like?

Answer 39

68.4% of people are 16 to 64 It has 70% white and 25% BAME It has a 72.8% employment status

Question 40

What is Hackney’s demographic?

Answer 40

25% are under 20 36.2% white and 11.7% Asian 19% of people employed work in the support services and 13% in the tech industry