Regenerating Places EQ1

What are the sectors of economic activity and types of employment?

Primary (producing food, crops and raw materials), secondary (manufacturing finished products), tertiary (providing services), quaternary (specialists in finance and tax or IT), quinary (knowledge based economy)

State three reasons for changing demographics over time (gentrification, age structure and ethnic composition).

Brain drain (young people outwardly migrating), deindustrialisation (lack of jobs), internet and broadband (retail, manufacturing)

How have past connections influenced Monmouth’s character?- people, ideas, resources, investments, capital.

Haberdashery, River (trading), market town, schools (influenced character)

How have regional and national influences shaped the characteristics of Monmouth?

Strong sense of community, beetown, no train station, conservative

State three reasons for economic activity varying and the influence on social factors (health, life expectancy and education).

Health- direct link between place, deprivation and associated lifestyles, manual jobs, chemical, pollution increase risk of mortality.

Life expectancy- clear N/S divide, ‘Glasgow effect’, lifestyle choices, access to healthcare

Education- high poverty rates, economic markets, wellbeing

State five ways that change in a place is measured.

Demographic changes, levels of deprivation, green spaces, transport links, literacy rates.

How have the present connections influenced Cardiff Bay’s character? - location, topography, physical geography, land use, built environment and infrastructure, demographic and economic characteristics.

Port- transporting coal internationally.

How have international and global influences shaped the characteristics of Cardiff Bay?

Accessible, well connected (train station, airport, M4), new metro is planned to connect the Bay with the city centre

Outline how a place can experience a change to its function over time.

Stratford- sports led regeneration

Westfield-retail led regeneration

Cornwall- from tourism to activities (Eden project, Aerohub)

How have the present connections influenced Monmouth’s character?- location, topography, physical geography, land use, built environment and infrastructure, demographic and economic characteristics.

Mostly flat fertile land, water activities on River Wye, tourism (golf course), dual carriageway, boarder town.

How have past connections influenced Cardiff Bay’s character?- people, ideas, resources, investment, capital.

Coal exchange, industrial dock into a tertiary, regeneration

How can places be represented in a variety of different forms (e.g online media, art) giving contrasting images?

Qualitative representations like photographs, films, and social media posts offer subjective, descriptive portrayals, often highlighting positive aspects or specific narratives