Changing spaces making places Flashcards

1
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Define space

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Location/coordinates/grid reference

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2
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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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3
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How can places be represented

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Through informal representation

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4
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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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5
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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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10
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What are physical identifications of place

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Altitude
Slope
Rivers
Geology

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11
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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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12
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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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14
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Define place dependance

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Attatchment based on function to satisfy needs

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15
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Define place meaning

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Relationship to place based on significance, perpose and value

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16
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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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17
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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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18
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Number of inhabitants in lympstone

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2100

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19
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Ethnicity of lympstone

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99% white

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20
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Population density of lympstone

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17 ppl per hectare

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21
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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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22
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How many people in lympstone own their own house

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66%

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23
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% of people with bad health lympstone

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4.1%

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24
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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)

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2 primary schools
1 prep school

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State Lympstones culture

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Old fishing village (societies/clubs)
67% christian
Holiday location

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27
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Lympstones religious makeup

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67% christian
1% other - less attractive to migrants

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27
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State Lympstones physical geography

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1.5km of mudflats
15km south of exeter

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28
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State Toxteths socio-economic status

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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

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Terraced, bricked, modern housing
Workers housing
Straight roads for access to city centre
High density residential areas

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30
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State Toxteths physical environment

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Fast flowing river mersey - narrow channel used for trade into city
Decreasing air quality

31
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How many people in Toxteth own their own house

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24%

32
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% of people in Toxteth with bad health

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9.4% (dispite younger)

33
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% of people in Toxteth with no qualifications

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27%

34
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Mean age in lympstone

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44

35
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mean age toxteth

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38

36
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population density of toxteth

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88 ppl per hectare

37
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When were the unemployment roits in toxteth

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1981

38
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State Toxteths culture

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Ethnically diverse
Major muslim festivals
Christian sunday services
Societies such as somali community centre (attracts more migrants)

39
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Cornwall stats

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96% white
part of 50 poorest regions in europe
200 ppl unemployed due to closing of 1 tin mine

40
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How has the eden project impacted cornwall

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750,000 visitors per year
hires 400 staff

41
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How have Uni developments impacted cornwall

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More younger high skilled people
Large scale

42
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How has jamies 15 impacted cornwall

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Small scale emplyment
closed resulting in 100 ppl unemployed and a bad image for future investors

43
Q

What is birmingham currently undergoing

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Deindustrialisation from metal bashing jobs in the industrial revolution

44
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How is birmingham research park helping birmingham

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Switching to a more knowledge based economy
Provide job opportunities

45
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Unemployment in 1960s - 1982 Birmingham

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1% - nearly 20%

46
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Role of government as a player responsible for the regeneration of Birmingham

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Expansion of airport
Construction of National Exhibition Centre
International attention, investment
Single regeneration budget to help places access funding for redovelopment

47
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Role of planning and flagship developments for the regeneration of Birmingham

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The Council House and the Town Hall referbished (changes built identity of place)
The Bull Ring in 1960s europes first indoor shopping centre

48
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Role of transport as a player responsible for the regeneration of Birmingham

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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)

49
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Define Rebranding

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The process of development aimed at changing negative perceptions of a place making it a more attractive investment

50
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Define flagship development

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Large scale one of property projects

51
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Define legacy development

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following international sporting events such as olympics Rio

52
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More types of rebranding strats
+placemakers

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Market led, Top-down
Placemakers include community, architects and planners

53
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Impacts of Eden Project

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750,000 visitors per year
400 staff employed

54
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Unis in cornwall

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50m on upgrading campuses, 15m on colleges, Large scale
Falmouth + Exeter
Reverse brain drain of young pop

55
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jamies 15 cornwall

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small scale, employed 100 ppl but left them unemployed, bad image

56
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Cornwall stats

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96% white
in 50 poorest regions in europe

57
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North ward residents per household

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2

58
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BBL residents per household

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2.6

59
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% no formal qualifications BBL

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31 (fewer managerial jobs)

60
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% no formal qualifications north ward

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3

61
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% below poverty line BBl

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77%

62
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% below poverty line NW

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16%

63
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Community fridge BBL

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Otherwise wasted food offered to residents free
collected by Oxford Food Bank from supermarkets

64
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How has history influenced the current identity of Lympstone

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Early settlement in 13 century by fishermen
Larger wealthier homes for people working in Exeter

65
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Define social inequality

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The uneqal distribution of factors such as income, education or health services across a population

66
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Define standard of Living

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The ability to access services and goods

67
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Define deprivation

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A general lack of resources and opportunities leading to a poor quality of life and low standard of living.

68
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Something to remember when talking about deprivation

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The cycle of deprivation

69
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Define globalisation

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The increasind interconnectedness of the world economically, politically, socially and environmentally

70
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Define Global shift

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The relocation of manufacturing on a global scale from ACs to EDCs in the 1980s
(use when talking about birmingham)

71
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Define regeneration

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The investment of capital and ideas into an area to revitalise and renew its socio-economic and environmental conditions

72
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Define gentrification

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A process of renovating deteriorated urban neighbourhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents.

73
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3 key elements of rebranding

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Brand artifact (infrastructure)
Brand essence (peoples experience)
Brandscape (comparison to other cities)

74
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Has rebranding in cornwall worked

A

5.8% growth of economy faster than UK avr
Still one of the weakest economies in UK