aqa a level geography changing places

Human development index

HDI statistical composite index of life expectancy, education and per capita income indicators.

When do countries get a higher HDI?

when the lifespan, education and GNI is higher

Location

‘Where’ a place is - coordinates on a map

Locale

The effect people have on a place - a place is shaped by the people, cultures and customs within it

Sense of place

subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place - may be completely different from anothers perspective

Descriptive approach

the world is a set of places and each place can be studied and is distinct

Social constructionist approach

a place is a product of a particular set of processes occurring at a particular time

Phenomenological approach

How an individual person experiences place

Localism - identity

affection for or emotional ownership of a particular place

Regionalism - identity

consciousness of and loyalty to a distinct region with a population that shares similarities

Nationalism - identity

loyalty and devotion to a nation

What is belonging influenced by?

age, gender, sexuality, socio-economic status, religion, education, race, ethnicity, language.

Quantitative data

statistics, can be quantified and verified

Quantitative data examples

UK Census used to detail social and economic characteristics for over 200 years.

How many people lived in Winchester in the 2011 census

45,184

Advantages of quantitative data

large scale, understand population growth

disadvantages of quantitative data

can become subjective

Qualitative data

descriptive information

Qualitative data examples

Maps, poems , photos

Experienced places

places a person has spent time in

media places

only read about or seen in film

Endogenous factos

socio-economic status - employment

physical geography - relief

demographic, culture, location, political

Exogenous Factors

Migration, links to other places, deindustrialisation,

globalisation

made place less important as the forces of global capitalism have eroded local cultures and produced identical or homogenised places

Homogenised

identical shopping malls, car parks, roads,

‘clone town’

dominated by chain stores, looks the same as every other town

Glocalisation

some local places and cultures are resisting the power of globalisation.

Localisation

The promotion of local goods and services

What national park is near Winchester

South Downs on the river Itchen

How far away is Winchester from the cities

London - 60 miles

Southampton - 14 miles

What percentage did the population over 65 increase by in Winchester

18.4% since 2001

What percentage of the population is white british in Winchester

91.8%

How many people are there per hectare in Winchester

1.8- big houses and open space, south east=4.5

How much of the population of Winchester say they are christian

2/3

How many people in Winchester were born in England

91.1%, 3.6% european

Where is the Mission district located