EQ2 Regeneration

    Cards (12)

    • What makes a place successful?
      • High IMD
      • High environmental quality
      • Stable economy
      • Good provision of services
      • Low levels of deprivation
      • Self sustaining
      • High output
    • What is a deprived housing (sink) estate?
      • Housing estates characterised by high levels of economic and social deprivation
      • Lots of crime, especially domestic violence, gang warfare and drugs
      • Eg The Barracks in Glasgow
    • Why do deprived housing estates need regeneration?
      • Low income groups who are in need of social assistance are segregated from society
      • Residents 2 times more likely to have mental health issues
      • 11 times more likely to be unemployed
      • 9 times more likely to live in a jobless household
    • What is a gated community?
      • Individual buildings or groups of houses which are landscapes of surveillance, CCTV and 24/7 security guards
      • Designed to deter access to unknown people and to reduce crime
      • Eg Docklands in London.
    • Why do gated communities need regeneration?
      • Cause social segregation and residential sorting
      • Occurs when gentrification occurs
      • 1980s- Americans created this kind of architecture
      • Found in many wealthy settlements
    • What are commuter villages?
      • Settlements where a large proportion of residents commute daily to cities for work
      • Low levels of economic deprivation
      • Eg Hexham.
    • Why do commuter villages need regeneration?
      • 2012- 1/3 of people live in rural areas
      • People moved out of urban areas into wealth corridors
      • Lack of local services and affordable housing
    • What are declining rural settlements?
      • Rural areas where quality of life and deprivation is seen to be worsening
      • 2010- 400 village shops and 700 rural pubs closed in Britain
    • Why do declining rural settlements need regeneration?
      • Negative multiplier effect and spiral of decline
      • Unemployment
    • What is political apathy?
      • People will unwillingly accept the conditions they find themselves in but feel powerless to do anything about it
      • These people do not engage or vote as they don't feel governments help them
    • What is NIMBYism?
      • Not In My Back Yard
      • People support things but don't want them near where they live
    • What factors affect levels of political engagement?
      • Age
      • Ethnicity
      • Level of deprivation
      • Gender
      • Length of residence
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