Definitions

Question 1

What is distribution

Answer 1

Pattern of where people live

Question 2

What is population density

Answer 2

Population of an area divided by the size of an area

Question 3

What is Accessibility?

Answer 3

How easy it is to travel to a place or interact with an individual.

Question 4

Define Agriculture Based Regeneration.

Answer 4

The focus of regeneration is to help local farms produce extra revenue such as creating farm shops, building the reputation of local produce and starting local farm attractions.

Question 5

What does Amenity Value refer to?

Answer 5

The value of a resource to locals and businesses.

Question 6

What is meant by Built Environment?

Answer 6

The buildings and infrastructure within an urban area.

Question 7

Define Capital in an economic context.

Answer 7

Productive assets, goods or financial stakes.

Question 8

What is a Central Business District (CBD)?

Answer 8

The centre of a city, containing a high density of businesses and TNC headquarters.

Question 9

What characterizes a Council Estate?

Answer 9

Consisting only of social housing, with tenants on subsidised rent.

Question 10

What is Counter Urbanisation?

Answer 10

An increase in the proportion of a population living within rural areas, due to migration from urban to rural regions.

Question 11

Define Cultural Enrichment.

Answer 11

The addition of ideas, traditions and beliefs due to the arrival of new people.

Question 12

What is Cultural Erosion?

Answer 12

The loss of a culture, resulting in a change in ideas or disregard for traditions.

Question 13

How is Culture defined?

Answer 13

The way of life of a particular group of people at a particular time, generally customs and beliefs.

Question 14

What is Culture-led Regeneration?

Answer 14

The focus of regeneration is to enhance historic or cultural attractions of an area.

Question 15

Define Cycle of Deprivation.

Answer 15

A negative multiplier effect, where by deindustrialisation leads to economic loss, declining quality of life for locals and the loss of services.

Question 16

What does Degeneration refer to?

Answer 16

The decline of a region over time, due to insufficient funds, outward migration and declining quality of life.

Question 17

What is Deindustrialisation?

Answer 17

A reduction in industrial capacity, leading to social and economic change within a region.

Question 18

Define Demographic.

Answer 18

The characteristics of a population.

Question 19

What is Deprivation?

Answer 19

Individuals’ lack basic services or objects they would expect to have in the 21st Century.

Question 20

What does Dereliction mean?

Answer 20

The loss of industry or productivity of a land, leaving it abandoned.

Question 21

Define Diversity.

Answer 21

Variation within a population, in their characteristics, background and behaviour.

Question 22

What are Elite Migrants?

Answer 22

Migration due to an individual’s wealth or status, often investing in the host country.

Question 23

What is an Environmental Impact Assessment?

Answer 23

The study of environmental impacts caused by large business projects.

Question 24

Define Environmental Regeneration.

Answer 24

The focus of regeneration is to restore and maintain natural environments.

Question 25

What does Ethnicity refer to?

Answer 25

The cultural background of a group of people.

Question 26

What are Gated Communities?

Answer 26

Urban neighbourhoods surrounded by gates often to improve privacy and safety.

Question 27

Define Gentrification.

Answer 27

Renovation of older/deteriorating buildings or areas to attract high-income individuals.

Question 28

What is a Green Belt?

Answer 28

Strips of greenfield land surrounding major UK cities, protected to reduce urban sprawl.

Question 29

Define Governance.

Answer 29

The management of a place or group of people.

Question 30

What is Hard Regeneration?

Answer 30

Construction of new buildings and infrastructure and investment within a region.

Question 31

What does Idyll mean?

Answer 31

A location with ideal living conditions and good qualities.

Question 32

Define Inequality.

Answer 32

Differences in income, well-being and wealth between individuals, communities and society.

Question 33

What is Internal Migration?

Answer 33

The movement of people within a country.

Question 34

What is International Migration?

Answer 34

The movement of people from one country to another.

Question 35

What does Kuznet’s Curve illustrate?

Answer 35

Environmental degradation as a country’s GDP per capita increases.

Question 36

Define Leisure-led Regeneration.

Answer 36

The focus of regeneration is to attract tourists or improve social quality of life.

Question 37

What is Life Expectancy?

Answer 37

The average number of years an individual is likely to live.

Question 38

What does Lived Experience refer to?

Answer 38

The contribution of experiences and opportunities to an individual’s views and values.

Question 39

Define Media.

Answer 39

The publishing of information and production of entertainment.

Question 40

What does Multicultural mean?

Answer 40

The existence, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single geographic area.

Question 41

What is Non-Agricultural Based Regeneration?

Answer 41

The focus of regeneration is to produce revenue for rural businesses.

Question 42

Define Overheating in economic terms.

Answer 42

Increased demand for housing and services results in rising prices rather than increased output.

Question 43

What is Perception?

Answer 43

A person’s view of a place or issue based on feelings and experiences.

Question 44

Define Political Engagement.

Answer 44

The willingness and ability of an individual to vote or join political parties.

Question 45

What is a Pressure Group?

Answer 45

Usually voluntary organisations, aiming to persuade the public and change government policy.

Question 46

What does Population Density refer to?

Answer 46

The number of people per square kilometre.

Question 47

Define Rebranding.

Answer 47

Creating a new look or reputation for an area.

Question 48

What is Regional Disparity?

Answer 48

The economic or cultural gap between different parts of a country.

Question 49

What does Retail-led Regeneration focus on?

Answer 49

Attracting shops to high streets and establishing warehouses for TNCs.

Question 50

Define Reimaging.

Answer 50

Regeneration and rebranding focused on removing negative perceptions about a place.

Question 51

What is Rural Decline?

Answer 51

Reduction in population in rural areas, leading to reduced services.

Question 52

Define Rural-urban Continuum.

Answer 52

A range of living spaces from rural villages to the CBD of the city.

Question 53

What does Segregation mean?

Answer 53

The separation of a group from other groups, often due to housing strategies.

Question 54

What are Sink Estates?

Answer 54

Council estates that score badly on the Index of Multiple Deprivation.

Question 55

Define Spiral of Decline.

Answer 55

Stages of rural decline contributing to outward migration and declining services.

Question 56

What is a Stakeholder?

Answer 56

An individual with interest and influence within their community.

Question 57

Define Social Clustering.

Answer 57

Groups of people with similar backgrounds frequently living together.

Question 58

What does Social Exclusion refer to?

Answer 58

The inability of a group to become involved in cultural activities.

Question 59

What is Soft Regeneration?

Answer 59

Investing in the skills and education of the population to improve quality of life.

Question 60

Define Urbanisation.

Answer 60

An increase in the proportion of a population living within urban areas.

Question 61

What is Urban Resurgence?

Answer 61

The movement of people back to an area which was previously in decline.