Changing spaces making places Flashcards

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Define space

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Location/coordinates/grid reference

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Define Place

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A space with meaning subjective at an individual or cultural level

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How can places be represented

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Through informal representation

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What subcatigories can be used to define the identity of a place

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Socio-economic
Environmental
Political
Cultural
Demography
Built environment
Physical geography

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What are political identifications of place

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National, regional, local governments
Housing associations

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What are socio-economic identifications of place

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Employment
Income
Education
Family status

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What are cultural identifications of place

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Religion
local traditions
local clubs/societies

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What are demographic identifications of place

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Age of inhabitants
Ethnicity
Gender
Number of inhabitants

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What are built identifications of place

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Age and style of buildings
Housing density
Road layout

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What are physical identifications of place

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Altitude
Slope
Rivers
Geology

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Define topophilia

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Effective bond between people and place or setting, expressed as a strong sense of place - sense of cultural identity

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Define place attachment

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A person place bond that evolves from specifiable conditions of place and characteristics of people

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Define place identity

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Attatchment in terms of emotional or symbolic meaning assigned by an individual. Landscape becomes part of a persons identity

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Define place dependance

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Attatchment based on function to satisfy needs

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Define place meaning

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Relationship to place based on significance, perpose and value

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State Lympstones built environment

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Old cottage like buildings (stone + wood)
Winding roads around houses
Historical buildings
Second homes
Denser housing nearer to coast
Not many bars + nightclubs

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State Lympstones Demography

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Large retired population
Very few working people - (not many employment opportunities)

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Number of inhabitants in lympstone

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2100

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Ethnicity of lympstone

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99% white

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Population density of lympstone

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17 ppl per hectare

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State lympstones politics

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Limited as east devon
Lack of funding for schools by national government

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How many people in lympstone own their own house

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66%

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% of people with bad health lympstone

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4.1%

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State lympstones socio-economic status

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Limited employment
Leads to internal emigration to exmouth or devon centre - (loss on income + ppl)
MET office moved to exeter (more IT employment)
>1/3 residents senior officials

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State Lympstones education levels (socio-economic)
2 primary schools 1 prep school
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State Lympstones culture
Old fishing village (societies/clubs) 67% christian Holiday location
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Lympstones religious makeup
67% christian 1% other - less attractive to migrants
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State Lympstones physical geography
1.5km of mudflats 15km south of exeter
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State Toxteths socio-economic status
Higher % of all benefits than uk average Loss of emplyment in docks as ships got bigger, dock industry migrated. High poverty
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State Toxteths built environment
Terraced, bricked, modern housing Workers housing Straight roads for access to city centre High density residential areas
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State Toxteths physical environment
Fast flowing river mersey - narrow channel used for trade into city Decreasing air quality
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How many people in Toxteth own their own house
24%
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% of people in Toxteth with bad health
9.4% (dispite younger)
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% of people in Toxteth with no qualifications
27%
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Mean age in lympstone
44
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mean age toxteth
38
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population density of toxteth
88 ppl per hectare
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When were the unemployment roits in toxteth
1981
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State Toxteths culture
Ethnically diverse Major muslim festivals Christian sunday services Societies such as somali community centre (attracts more migrants)
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Cornwall stats
96% white part of 50 poorest regions in europe 200 ppl unemployed due to closing of 1 tin mine
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How has the eden project impacted cornwall
750,000 visitors per year hires 400 staff
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How have Uni developments impacted cornwall
More younger high skilled people Large scale
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How has jamies 15 impacted cornwall
Small scale emplyment closed resulting in 100 ppl unemployed and a bad image for future investors
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What is birmingham currently undergoing
Deindustrialisation from metal bashing jobs in the industrial revolution
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How is birmingham research park helping birmingham
Switching to a more knowledge based economy Provide job opportunities
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Unemployment in 1960s - 1982 Birmingham
1% - nearly 20%
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Role of government as a player responsible for the regeneration of Birmingham
Expansion of airport Construction of National Exhibition Centre International attention, investment Single regeneration budget to help places access funding for redovelopment
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Role of planning and flagship developments for the regeneration of Birmingham
The Council House and the Town Hall referbished (changes built identity of place) The Bull Ring in 1960s europes first indoor shopping centre
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Role of transport as a player responsible for the regeneration of Birmingham
700m investment in New Street railway station w private retailers such as John Lewis, created 1000 jobs HS2 20 billion will help link Birminghamn to London (high speed rail)
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Define Rebranding
The process of development aimed at changing negative perceptions of a place making it a more attractive investment
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Define flagship development
Large scale one of property projects
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Define legacy development
following international sporting events such as olympics Rio
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More types of rebranding strats +placemakers
Market led, Top-down Placemakers include community, architects and planners
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Impacts of Eden Project
750,000 visitors per year 400 staff employed
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Unis in cornwall
50m on upgrading campuses, 15m on colleges, Large scale Falmouth + Exeter Reverse brain drain of young pop
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jamies 15 cornwall
small scale, employed 100 ppl but left them unemployed, bad image
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Cornwall stats
96% white in 50 poorest regions in europe
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North ward residents per household
2
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BBL residents per household
2.6
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% no formal qualifications BBL
31 (fewer managerial jobs)
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% no formal qualifications north ward
3
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% below poverty line BBl
77%
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% below poverty line NW
16%
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Community fridge BBL
Otherwise wasted food offered to residents free collected by Oxford Food Bank from supermarkets
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How has history influenced the current identity of Lympstone
Early settlement in 13 century by fishermen Larger wealthier homes for people working in Exeter
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Define social inequality
The uneqal distribution of factors such as income, education or health services across a population
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Define standard of Living
The ability to access services and goods
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Define deprivation
A general lack of resources and opportunities leading to a poor quality of life and low standard of living.
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Something to remember when talking about deprivation
The cycle of deprivation
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Define globalisation
The increasind interconnectedness of the world economically, politically, socially and environmentally
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Define Global shift
The relocation of manufacturing on a global scale from ACs to EDCs in the 1980s (use when talking about birmingham)
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Define regeneration
The investment of capital and ideas into an area to revitalise and renew its socio-economic and environmental conditions
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Define gentrification
A process of renovating deteriorated urban neighbourhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents.
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3 key elements of rebranding
Brand artifact (infrastructure) Brand essence (peoples experience) Brandscape (comparison to other cities)
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Has rebranding in cornwall worked
5.8% growth of economy faster than UK avr Still one of the weakest economies in UK