Regeneration (2)

Question 1

Deregulation

Answer 1

The process of reducing or removing rules governing economic activity activity in a country with the aim of encouraging investment

Question 2

Derelict land

Answer 2

Previously used land in cities that has fallen into disrepair because buildings have closed and none is there to maintain them

Question 3

Development

Answer 3

Usually considered as economic growth leading to an improvement in the standard of living.

Question 4

Diaspora

Answer 4

The movement of population away from their homeland

Question 5

Diversification

Answer 5

In times of low far income farmers seek alternative incomes, such as B&B, wind turbines and conversion of farm buildings to offices or workshops

Question 6

Diversity

Answer 6

The degree of variation within a population eg age, ethnicity, culture

Question 7

Economic sector

Answer 7

A way to group jobs that have similar purposes

Question 8

Economies

Answer 8

The amount of money being transferred between different players leading to wealth creation

Question 9

Engagement

Answer 9

The decision by individual members of the public to get involved in tacking political issues e.g. through volunteering

Question 10

Environmental impact assessment

Answer 10

It’s part of the planning stage all large projects must carry out a study of what the likely impacts will be of the project, focusing on the natural environment

Question 11

Environmental quality

Answer 11

The condition and attractiveness of the surrounding within which people live, including birth the natural and built environment

Question 12

Ethnicity

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Ethnic composition

Answer 13

Information about the ethnic characteristics of a group of people

Question 14

Fertility rate

Answer 14

The number of children born to a woman during her lifetime

Question 15

Gated communities

Answer 15

Neighbourhoods of towns or cities where houses are designed with gates and fences to improve privacy and safety

Question 16

Gentrification

Answer 16

Renewal, renovation or rebuilding of older deteriorating buildings in order to create more upmarket places for middle class residents to live, often displacing poorer residents

Question 17

Governance

Answer 17

How a place of area is managed by different levels of government

Question 18

Idyll

Answer 18

Used to describe a place that maximises the positives of a living space and is often used in relation to rural areas with low pollution levels

Question 19

Industrialisation

Answer 19

The rapid growth of secondary industries such as, factories, including the creation of secondary sector jobs.

Question 20

Inequality

Answer 20

Differences in income and wealth, and well being between individuals, groups within a community or communities within a society.