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P1 assorted FCs Flashcards

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define urban poverty 2

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an ABSOLUTE standard based on a minimum amount of income needed to sustain a healthy and minimally comfortable life
+
a RELATIVE standard that is set based on the average standard of living in a nation

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What is urban deprivation

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Having a standard of living below the majority of city residents

  • Lack of access to resources
  • Differences in housing and econ opportunities
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urban deprivation case study example

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NYC, USA
manhattan: CBD
south bronx: poorest district in USA
1950s: white flight
1970s: sig. poverty levels, plummeting property values, rise of crime

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define slum

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A living area that does not comply with building regulations and standards, has inadequate basic services and insecure tenure status

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5 amenties slum households lack 1 or more of

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  1. Durable housing – permanent, protection
  2. Sufficient living space – max 3 ppl a room
  3. Access to improved water –sufficient, affordable water
  4. Access to improved sanitation – toilets
  5. Secure tenure – permanent, prot against forced eviction
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what are squatter settlements/ shanty towns

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Settlements established by ppl who have illegally occupied an area of land and built houses
(usually thru self-help processes)

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slum case study

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FAVELAS in rio de janeiro

  • Vibrant communities
  • Due to less regulation, political oversight
    Envt:
    street art
    Social:
    independent, personalities
    High levels of crime, run by drug rings –> Red Command: arms and drugs trafficking group
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urban deprivation characteristic severe enviro pollution ex

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smokey mountain, manila (23k+ ppl)
lack of disposal facilities and services – rubbish and disease

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9
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informal economy example

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mexico
1/3 jobs in informal sector
14 mil ppl in informal jobs
- no taxes, no social security

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10
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differences between bazaar econ and street econ 3

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  • Level of organisation: extent of permanence (permanent VS fleeting/temp/roving)
  • Nature of operations/ number of workers: larger number of people involved VS individual, dispersed
  • Location: extent of accessibility of goods and services
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11
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cycle of poverty + cycle of affluence…

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reinforces socio-econ polarisation in the city BOOOOOOOO

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urbanisation def

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the increase in proportion of a territory’s pop living in towns and cities (vs rural)

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natural increase def

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diff betw live births and deaths each year

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14
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boundary changes example

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leads to incr in size of urban area
eg punjab, india – extention of district boundaries incr urban pop by 1.5x

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15
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what is outward and inward movements

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CENTRIFUGAL - when the blood go shake shake it go out like fountain

CENTRIPETAL - petal? tapers inwards. PETA? inbred ppl

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16
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define counterurbanisation

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migration from urban region to rural areas

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17
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define suburbanisation

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the outward growth of towns and cities to engulf surrounding villages and rural areas
- migration from core to ring

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differences between counterurbanisation and suburbanisation

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  • location —> distance from CBD (furthest vs further/close(r) to r-u fringe)
  • Population composition —> affluence/age (ageing population vs young families)
  • Quality of infrastructure
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reasons for suburbanisation besides the obvious

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  • Influence of govt, city authorities, city council(s) – central in suburban housing devt, policies to decentralise (zoning, regulations that make it easier for ppl to move out)
  • Availability of jobs in the suburbs – eg commercial or manufacturing
  • Deindustrialisation and urban unemployment in city
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20
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suburbanisation example

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USA
1950-1990
suburbs pop 23.2% of total pop –> 46.2%

21
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define urban sprawl

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The unplanned and uncontrolled physical expansion of an urban area into surrounding countryside

(sprawl defined as low density, single purpose, and car dependent)

22
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urban sprawl example

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Las Vegas, nevada USA
- pressure on r-u fringe
- decline in inner city areas – donut
- urban land incr rate exceeds pop growth

23
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counter urbanisation def

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The movement of population away from inner urban areas to a new area beyond the city limits/rural-urban fringe

24
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suburbanisation vs counterurbanisation

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Sub: CORE to RING
Counter: inner urban region to rural areas

25
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besides the common sense other reasons for counterurbanisation

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  • declining services – urban decay
  • perception of closer community
  • safer
  • change tenure from public/renting to private ownership
  • incr mobility (Car)
  • deindustrialisation
26
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neg consequences of counterurbanisation

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  • Costly housing prices
  • Local rural young ppl cannot afford property
  • Incr local resentment towards urban ppl
  • Incr segregation by income and ethnicity
  • Incr car pollution
  • Decline in tax bases of cities → govt less money to maintain city and services → ppl move away → urban blight → land prices plummet → redevelopment
27
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pos of counterurbanisation

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its all just dev. of infra, services, facilities

28
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define gentrification

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movement of upper+middle class households back into inner city

29
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reurbanisation def

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Process where towns and cities in HICs experiencing loss of pop are able to reverse the decline

30
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urban regeneration 4

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  1. dev new businesses
  2. urban conservation
  3. urban renewal
  4. comprehensive redev (high rise dev)
31
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example of urban regeneration

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Bilbao, Spain – construction and opneing of the museum in 1997 (2 years before TPM)
industry was damaged in 1973 due to econ crisis (4 years before ANH)

32
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gentrificaton example

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san francisco
1990s Dot-Com boom
- skilled tech and internet workers moved there : demand from startups & silicon valley businesses
- gentrification of historically poor neighbourhoods eg Mission District

33
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3 steps of gentrification

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  1. Urban pioneers
    Move into run down areas w potential, start redev = incr prices
  2. Middle and upp income grps
    Demand for greater amenities, housing types and businesses
    Further incr in prices
  3. Displacement of lower income grps
34
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gentrification theories (2)

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  1. rent cap theory
    econ explanation: current rental income vs potential (NA cities)
  2. consumption-side theory
    social and cultural upheaval, dev of arts and leisure + amenities (6 canadian cities)
35
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urban system definition

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An urban system is a network of INTERDEPENDENT urban places

36
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Urban system example

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singapore
- efficient land-use planning
- long term urban planning
- HDB (resettling squatters)

37
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main traits of urban systems growth

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  1. transport
  2. waste management
  3. waste management
  4. telecommunication
  5. energy
38
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deindustrialisation def

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long term, absolute decline in employment in the manufacturing sectors of an economy (loss of jobs rather than a decline in productivity — less workers =/= lower output)

39
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reasons for deindustrialisaion

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Exhaustion of resources
Incr costs of raw mats
Automation and new tech
Intro of rival product
Fall in demand
Overseas comp from HICs
Rationalisation
A rise in costs
Removal of subsidy
Lack of capital

40
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deindustrialisation example

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Detroit
- Was USAs fourth largest city
- 1960: highest per-capita income in USA
1980 motor factories closed down 20 facilities employing 50k workers

Long-term debts est over 18 billion

41
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positive deindustrialisation vs neg

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pos
decr workers, incr prod – machines
neg
decline w/o incr prod

42
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reindustrialisation 4

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  • Capital intensive production
  • High end manufacturing
  • High tech industries
  • Shift from Fordist mass production (structured production line) to Japanese flexible production (according to demand, made possible using tech)
43
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urban regeneration example

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East London

Docklands area of London
canary wharf — financial district

(docklands until 1980s, then created the London Docklands Development Corporation to redev the area — 100k employed here

44
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categorising tourist activities

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group vs indiv
purposes

45
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diff tourism areas

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  • high density recreation
  • unique natural areas
  • general outdoor recreation
  • primitive areas
  • natural environmental areas
  • historic and cultural sites
46
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example of indiv tourism vs mass

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skiing holidays
- Generally expensive (equipment)
- Mainly mountainous areas – food and bev imported (incr cost)
- 7 days
VS
mass tourism
- Cheaper – economies of scale
- 7-14 days
- coastal areas

47
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factors affectin personal participation in sports and tourism

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  1. place of residence (leisure time, passport power, facilities)
  2. gender (gender sport gap)
  3. lifecycle (older = less energetic, retirement = more leisure)
  4. affluence (income)
48
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Travel developing countries example

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China – rapid dev, incr foreign trips. None in 1990 but 400 million by 2035

49
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Travel dev countries exampl

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UK – organised events, worth 2 bil pounds / year (eg festivals – festival attendance from 13 mil 2012 → 17 mil 2016)

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