Definitions

Question 1

What is Accessibility?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Define Attachment.

Answer 2

A sense of binding to a particular location due to positive and intense experiences.

Question 3

What does Built Environment refer to?

Answer 3

The buildings and infrastructure within an urban area.

Question 4

What is Capital?

Answer 4

Productive assets, goods or financial stakes.

Question 5

Who is considered a Commuter?

Answer 5

An individual who regularly travels a distance between their residence and their employment.

Question 6

Define Cultural Enrichment.

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What is Culture?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What does Demographic mean?

Answer 8

The characteristics of a population.

Question 9

Define Deprivation.

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What is Diversity?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What is an Endogenous Factor?

Answer 11

Factors based on local characteristics or perspective originating from inside the place.

Question 12

Define Ethnicity.

Answer 12

The cultural background of a group of people, often based on religion or country of origin.

Question 13

What is Ethnic Clustering?

Answer 13

Residential areas with similar cultures, ethnicity or religions.

Question 14

What does Exogenous Factor refer to?

Answer 14

Factors based on characteristics or perspective originating from outside the place.

Question 15

What are Experienced Places?

Answer 15

Locations a person has visited in their lifetime.

Question 16

Define Far Places.

Answer 16

Places that feel distant, physically or emotionally.

Question 17

What does Genius Loci mean?

Answer 17

The ‘spirit’ of a place, based on its history, culture and daily atmosphere.

Question 18

What is Gentrification?

Answer 18

Renovation of older/deteriorating buildings or areas with the aim of attracting high-income individuals or elite businesses.

Question 19

Define Governance.

Answer 19

The management of a place or group of people.

Question 20

What is an Idyll?

Answer 20

A location with ideal living conditions and good qualities.

Question 21

What does Inequality refer to?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Who are Insiders?

Answer 22

People who feel like they are ‘part of’ a place.

Question 23

Define Internal Migration.

Answer 23

The movement of people within a country.

Question 24

What is International Migration?

Answer 24

The movement of people from one country to another.

Question 25

What does Life Expectancy mean?

Answer 25

The average number of years an individual is likely to live, determined at birth.

Question 26

Define Lived Experience.

Answer 26

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

Question 27

What are Locales?

Answer 27

Locations of different daily activities, e.g. school, theatre, shops.

Question 28

What does Media refer to?

Answer 28

The publishing of information and production of entertainment.

Question 29

What are Media Places?

Answer 29

Places an individual hasn’t visited but has a reputation based on media representation.

Question 30

Define Multicultural.

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What are Near Places?

Answer 31

Places that feel close, physically or emotionally.

Question 32

Who are Outsiders?

Answer 32

People who feel like they are not ‘part of’ a place.

Question 33

What does Perception mean?

Answer 33

A person’s view of a place or issue based on feelings, experience and outside forces.

Question 34

Define Placelessness.

Answer 34

Places that lack unique character or reputation.

Question 35

What is Population Density?

Answer 35

The number of people per square kilometre.

Question 36

What does Rebranding refer to?

Answer 36

Creating a new look or reputation for an area.

Question 37

Define Segregation.

Answer 37

The separation of a group from other groups.

Question 38

What is Social Clustering?

Answer 38

Groups of people with similar background frequently living together.

Question 39

Define Social Exclusion.

Answer 39

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

Question 40

What does ‘The Other’ refer to?

Answer 40

People of different background or identity to an individual.

Question 41

What is Urbanisation?

Answer 41

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