Regeneration Definitions

Question 1

Define accessibility?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is agricultural based regeneration?

Answer 2

The focus of regeneration is to help local farmers produce extra revenue such as creating farm shops etc

Question 3

Define Amenity Value?

Answer 3

The value of a resource to locals and business (beaches, timber and coal)

Question 4

What is a built environment?

Answer 4

The buildings and infrastructure within an urban area

Question 5

What is capital?

Answer 5

Productive assets, goods or financial stakes

Question 6

What is the central business districts (CBD)

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What is a council estate?

Answer 7

Consisting only of social housing, with tenants on subsided rent

Question 8

What is counter urbanisation?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is cultural enrichment?

Answer 9

The additions of ideas, traditions and beliefs did to the arrival of new people

Question 10

What is cultural erosion?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What is culture?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Define degeneration?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What is deindustrialisation?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What is demographic

Answer 14

The characteristics of a population

Question 15

What is deprivation?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What is dereliction?

Answer 16

The loss of industry or productivity of the land, leaving it abandoned

Question 17

What is diversity?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What is an Elite migrant?

Answer 18

Migration due to an individuals wealth or status, often investing in the host country through investment visas, property or business

Question 19

What is an environmental impact assessment?

Answer 19

The study of environmental impacts caused by large business projects

Question 20

What is environmental regeneration?

Answer 20

The focus of regeneration is to restore and maintain natural environments such as woodlands, beaches and national parks

Question 21

Define ethnicity

Answer 21

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

Question 22

What is a gated community?

Answer 22

Urban neighbourhoods surrounded by gates and often to improve privacy and safety. They can add to segregation within a community

Question 23

What is gentrification?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What is governance?

Answer 24

The management of a place or group of people

Question 25

What is hard regeneration?

Answer 25

Construction of new buildings and infrastructure and investment within a region

Question 26

What is Idyll?

Answer 26

A location with ideal living conditions and good qualities. Often based on a perception

Question 27

What is inequality?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

What is internal migration?

Answer 28

The movement of people within a country

Question 29

What is international migration?

Answer 29

The movement of people from one country to another

Question 30

What is Leisure-led Regeneration?

Answer 30

The focus of regeneration is to attract tourists or improve the social quality of life (sports and activities, attractions etc)

Question 31

What is the life-cycle stage?

Answer 31

The change in opinions and values at different stages of an individuals life

Question 32

What is life expectancy?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

What is lived experience?

Answer 33

The contribution of experiences and opportunities to an individuals views and values

Question 34

Define media?

Answer 34

The publishing of information and production of entertainment (e.g. BBC, local newspapers, radio stations)

Question 35

Define multicultural

Answer 35

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

Question 36

What is non-agricultural based regeneration?

Answer 36

The focus of regeneration is to produce revenue for rural businesses (e.g. Tea Rooms, paintballing, historic attractions)

Question 37

Define perception

Answer 37

A persons view of a place or issue based on feelings, experience and outside forces such as the media

Question 38

Define political engagement

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Define pressure group

Answer 39

Usually voluntary organisations, with the aim of persuading the public and changing government policy or authorities actions

Question 40

Define population density

Answer 40

The number of people per square kilometre

Question 41

Define rebranding

Answer 41

Creating a new look or reputation for an area

Question 42

What is regional Disparity

Answer 42

The economic (or cultural) gap between different parts of a country

Question 43

What is retail-led regeneration

Answer 43

The focus of regeneration is to attract ships to high streets and markets, and to establish warehouses and logistical hubs for TNCs

Question 44

Define reimagining

Answer 44

Regeneration and rebranding specifically focussed on removing negative perceptions about a place

Question 45

Define rural decline

Answer 45

Reduction in population in rural areas, leading to reduced services and government spending for that region

Question 46

What is the rural-urban continuum?

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A range of living spaces running from remotest peripheral rural villages to the CBD of the city

Question 47

Define segregation?

Answer 47

The separation of a group from other groups thus can be through force or voluntarily. Segregation can often occur due to housing strategies or regeneration projects

Question 48

What is a sink estate?

Answer 48

Council estates that score badly on the Index of multiple deprivation

Question 49

Define the spiral of decline

Answer 49

Stages of rural decline that contribute to a positive feedback loop, with more and more outward migration and increasingly declining services

Question 50

Define culture-led regeneration

Answer 50

The focus of regeneration is to enhance historic or cultural attractions of an area such as opening stately homes and building a reputation based on famous residents

Question 51

What is a stakeholder?

Answer 51

An individual with interest and influence within their community (residents, local businesses, farmers, NGOs)

Question 52

Define social clustering

Answer 52

Groups of people with similar background frequency living together

Question 53

Define social exclusion

Answer 53

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

Question 54

Define soft regeneration

Answer 54

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

Question 55

Define urbanisation

Answer 55

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

Question 56

Define urban resurgence

Answer 56

Also known as re-urbanisation, urban resurgence is the movement of people back to an area which was previously in decline.