5.1 What's in a Place? Flashcards
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What characteristics make up the identity of a place?
A number of characteristics interact to make the identity of a place at a local scale. They include:
- Physical geography, eg, altitude, slope angle drainage, geology
- Demography, eg, number of inhabitants, their gender and ethnicity
- Socio-economic, eg, employment, income and family status, education
- Cultural, eg, religion, local traditions, local club, societies
- Political eg local, regional and national government, local groups, such as resident associations
- Built environment eg. Age and style of buildings including building materials, density of housing
Eg. - Places with flat land may have more skyscrapers- land value is higher
- Coastal places may attract a concentration of elderly people as they have a more moderate climate and scenic beauty (people retire there)
What is place profile?
a description of a place based on the combination of the characteristics of that place
What is place identity?
Is formed in relation to the environment of that place and refers to a cluster of ideas about that place.
What are present connections in a place?
- Commuting patterns
- Recent migrants- remittances
- Presence of TNC’s
- Food in shops
What is evidence of past connections in a place?
- Ethnic composition
- Disused docks/industry/transport
- Street names
- Historic buildings
How does the uk show place connections?
- The UK is multicultural as a result of the 2nd World War. Large migrant flows from places after the war to live in the UK and to work on the factories.
- UK still need migrants- birth rate is low.
- Deindustrialisation=Depopulation.
- Economic diversification is important to maintain a successful place.
- Commuters can help one place and hinder the development of another.
- Dormant villages- only used for living. Was worse 10 years ago- COVID, increase in teleworking- villages are coming back to life.
- Remittances- economies and places can benefit from these added wages.
- TNC’s- many online, connected by media. E.g. Amazon, Facebook, social media.
- Food- exports and imports.
- Countries can have interdependence- rely on other neighbouring nations through connections.
What are the 4 types of place flow?
- Flows of people
o Migrants or commuters - Flows of resources
o Natural or technology - Flows of money and investment
o EU funding, TNC’s - Flows of ideas
o Knowledge economy
What is the flow of people?
- Stage in life cycle is an important influence on where people live
- In AC’s there have been increases in peoples mobility
o Increased car ownership and improvements in transport technology - People can live further away from work- changes place profile of where they live and work
What is the flow of resources?
- Availability of natural resources is crucial for development
- Eg. Dubai, diversified its economy to reduce overdependence.
- Led to an increase in construction migrants
- Connectivity based on technology
What is the flow of money and investment?
- EU funding- Eden project, flows of money into cornwall
What is the flow of ideas?
- Knowledge economy
- AC’s- post industrial economy.
- Amazon, google and facebook generate info from users to boost economic activity
- Communication and broadcast networks
What is FDI?
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What are the changing flows of money and people in oundle town?
- Permanent population of 6,254, (7.2% increase from 2001) . Term time population increases by 835.
- International pupils from the school encourage global connections and shape the cultural identity of the town. School trips to countries around the globe increase global connections.
- Oundle pupils bring in a large amount of money to the local economy both directly (through spending) and indirectly through job creation.
- Oundle lets out boarding houses during the Easter and Summer holidays which reduces seasonal nature of jobs but there is still some seasonal variation.
What are the present and past connections with other places in oundle town?
- 92.7% of Oundle’s population are White British.
- Market is held in the market square every Thursday with a Farmers’ Market once a month. The town hosts a ‘Festival of Literature’, an ‘International Festival’, a ‘Festival of Music and Drama’ and the ‘Oundle Carnival’.
- 12 Town Councillors represent the town. Tom Pursglove (Conservative) is the current MP for East Northamptonshire, maintaining his seat in the 2017 election.
- Fairline boats are a TNC with global connections including a Sales office in Florida and a worldwide customer base.
- Strong road links with the A1 (to London/York), A14 (to Felixstowe/M1-M6) and A47 (to Leicester).
- Market is held in the market square every Thursday with a Farmers’ Market once a month. The town hosts a ‘Festival of Literature’, an ‘International Festival’, a ‘Festival of Music and Drama’ and the ‘Oundle Carnival’.
- Train stations at Peterborough, Wellingborough and Kettering mean London is accessible within an hour and a half.
- Most of Oundle’s buildings are made of limestone.
- Ancient market town based on the River Nene. Oundle is built on flat land with gently undulating hills. Part of the town lies on a floodplain. Rich fertile soils surrounding Oundle have encouraged arable farming in the area and rich grassland for pastoral (beef) farmers.
What is the demographic profile of oundle town?
- Permanent population of 6,254. Term time population increases by 847.
- 92.7% of Oundle’s population are White British.
What is the cultural profile of oundle town?
- International pupils from the school encourage global connections and shape the cultural identity of the town. School trips to countries around the globe increase global connections.
- Market is held in the market square every Thursday with a Farmers’ Market once a month. The town hosts a ‘Festival of Literature’, an ‘International Festival’, a ‘Festival of Music and Drama’ and the ‘Oundle Carnival’.
What is the political profile of oundle town?
- 12 Town Councillors represent the town. Tom Pursglove (Conservative) is the current MP for East Northamptonshire, maintaining his seat in the 2017 election.
What is the socio-economic profile of oundle town?
- Fairline boats are a TNC with global connections including a Sales office in Florida and a worldwide customer base.
- Oundle pupils bring in a large amount of money to the local economy both directly (through spending) and indirectly through job creation.
- Oundle lets out boarding houses during the Easter and Summer holidays which reduces seasonal nature of jobs but there is still some seasonal variation.
What is the built characteristics profile of oundle town?
- Strong road links with the A1 (to London/York), A14 (to Felixstowe/M1-M6) and A47 (to Leicester).
- Train stations at Peterborough, Wellingborough and Kettering mean London is accessible within an hour and a half.
- Most of Oundle’s buildings are made of limestone.
What is the natural characteristics profile of oundle town?
- Ancient market town based on the River Nene. Oundle is built on flat land with gently undulating hills. Part of the town lies on a floodplain. Rich fertile soils surrounding Oundle have encouraged arable farming in the area and rich grassland for pastoral (beef) farmers.
What is the demographic profile of peterborough central ward?
- Central Peterborough has 10, 868 residents with a population density of 38.4 people/hectare.
- 23% of Central Peterborough’s population have no qualifications and the average salary is £21,500 which is significantly less than Cambridgeshire’s average of £50, 000.
- Immigration is another relevant factor affecting the flows of people to and from Peterborough.
What is the built characteristics profile of PCW?
- Most of the accommodation in the area is made up of apartments, terraced houses and semi-detached properties.
- Central area is a densely built area with residential land use making up the majority of land use.
- Buildings traditionally made using brick or stone with a few housing blocks and flats incorporating more concrete and glass.
- Peterborough train station encourages good links with London and north to Edinburgh.
- Construction of the railway line at the start of the 19th century encouraged the movement of people to and from Peterborough, particularly to and from London.
What is the socio-economic profile of PCW?
- Migrants send back remittances to their home countries which affects the flow of money.
- Peterborough was originally noted for its brick manufacturing which does still go on, but most people now work in the service sector.
What is the natural characteristics profile of PCW?
- Peterborough is mainly built on flat land in the county of Cambridgeshire. The River Nene flows through the NE section of the city. It is one of the slowest moving rivers in the country! The gently undulating land makes the area easy to build on
