Diverse Living Spaces (Edexcel A Level Geography): Flashcards
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Define inner city.
The inner city is the area surrounding the CBD, often with higher-density housing, more social housing, and close access to jobs and services.
Define suburban area.
A suburban area is a mainly residential zone on the city edge, with larger houses, gardens and often more family-based communities.
Why might international migrants prefer the inner city?
They may prefer cheaper housing, social clustering with established ethnic communities, and proximity to CBD jobs and services.
Why do young families often choose suburbs?
Suburbs offer larger houses with gardens, access to good schools, lower crime, and transport routes that make commuting to the CBD easier.
As adults move through the , their preferred urban location, such as inner city or suburbs, often changes.
As adults move through the life cycle, their preferred urban location, such as inner city or suburbs, often changes.
What is an insider’s perspective of a place?
An insider’s perspective is the view formed from lived experience, daily use and personal connections with a place.
What is an outsider’s perspective and how is it formed?
An outsider’s perspective is shaped mainly by media experience, such as films, news, social media, music and TV, not direct living there.
True or False?
Urban places were seen as desirable during 19th-century industrialisation.
False.
They were often perceived as undesirable due to crime, prostitution, corruption, overcrowding, pollution and high population densities.
During Victorian times, London’s rapid growth and slum housing created a mainly perception of the city.
During Victorian times, London’s rapid growth and slum housing created a mainly negative perception of the city.
Define environmental quality in urban areas.
Environmental quality describes how clean, safe and pleasant an area is, considering factors like litter, graffiti, dereliction and air pollution.
Name two factors that can make a UK city seem undesirable.
High crime rates and poor environmental quality (litter, graffiti, derelict buildings, air pollution) can make a city seem undesirable.
True or False?
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) uses qualitative data only.
False.
The IMD uses quantitative data on income, employment, health, crime and other domains to measure deprivation.
Liverpool’s IMD rank of for income means at least 90% of other English areas have higher incomes.
Liverpool’s IMD rank of 1 for income means at least 90% of other English areas have higher incomes.
Define rural idyll.
An idealised view of rural areas as scenic, peaceful, safe places with strong community spirit and a relaxed pace of life.
Define rural-urban continuum.
A spectrum showing how places range from highly urban to very rural, with intermediate areas like commuter and accessible rural villages.
How can media representation influence perceptions of rural places?
TV, art and literature can emphasise beautiful landscapes, community and low crime, reinforcing the rural idyll and attracting tourists and new residents.
Which personal factors most strongly shape perceptions of rural places?
Perceptions depend on age, gender, ethnicity and life cycle stage, plus whether people use rural areas for work, living or recreation.
What are the three main types of rural areas in this topic?
They are very remote areas, retirement villages (accessible rural) and commuter villages, each viewed differently by different social groups.
True or False?
Elderly people always view remote rural areas negatively.
False.
Many elderly people value quiet, peaceful remote areas, although they may worry about limited services and healthcare access.
In commuter villages, adults often like escaping urban crime and pollution.
In commuter villages, middle-aged adults often like escaping urban crime and pollution.
In retirement villages, people may dislike crowds in tourist honeypots.
In retirement villages, elderly people may dislike crowds in tourist honeypots.
In remote rural areas, people often enjoy outdoor recreation, but incomes can be .
In remote rural areas, young people often enjoy outdoor recreation, but incomes can be lower.
Why can limited services make rural places seem undesirable?
Closure or scarcity of shops, banks, post offices and healthcare increases isolation, especially for the elderly and those without private transport.
How do transport costs affect perceptions of rural living?
Infrequent, expensive buses and long travel distances mean higher weekly transport spending, making rural life feel costly and inconvenient.
True or False?
High housing costs can coexist with low incomes in rural areas.
True.
In places like Shetland, property prices are high relative to average incomes, making home ownership difficult, especially for young workers.
In Shetland, sparse population and poor and infrastructure increase residents’ isolation.
In Shetland, sparse population and poor transport and broadband infrastructure increase residents’ isolation.
Define quantitative data in place studies.
Quantitative data are numerical measures about places, such as census data, crime rates, house prices and income statistics used for comparison.
Define qualitative data in place studies.
Qualitative data are descriptive sources like songs, novels, poetry, paintings, photographs and films that show people’s feelings and perceptions about places.
How can census data help understand a place?
Census data show population structure (age, ethnicity, health) and growth or decline, helping explain changing needs, services and pressures in a place.
What does the Labour Force Survey reveal about an area?
The Labour Force Survey provides data on average income, types of work, and full-time or part-time employment, indicating local lifestyles and economic conditions.
What is the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)?
The IMD combines seven deprivation categories (such as income, health, housing access, crime) to rank small areas into deciles from most to least deprived.
In IMD data, decile is most deprived and decile is least deprived.
In IMD data, decile 1 is most deprived and decile 10 is least deprived.
How does the National Well-being Survey help assess places?
It measures life satisfaction, happiness, anxiety and worthwhile feelings locally, indicating whether residents feel positive or negative about their living spaces.
How can media create a sense of place for viewers?
Television, films, blogs and news portray lived experiences, helping outsiders imagine daily life and form attachments to places, even without visiting.
True or False?
Media representations of places are always accurate and objective.
False.
Media are often subjective, sometimes exaggerating positives or negatives to enhance stories or add drama, which can stigmatise places.
Media can give an image of a place that with residents’ own .
Media can give an image of a place that contrasts with residents’ own perceptions.
Define perception of place.
Perception of place is an individual or group’s subjective image of a location, shaped by information, media and lived experience.
Give two ways changing demographics can create conflict in a place.
Population growth may require new housing on greenfield sites, and changing ethnic mix can cause social clustering and perceived segregation.
Why is assessing the validity of someone’s perception of place difficult?
Perceptions are subjective, shaped by personal experience and biased media, while statistics may be incomplete or outdated, so no single view is fully reliable.
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