CSMP - theory

• what is a place

  Geographical location with a significance or meaning to people
• What is a space

  Geographical location with no significant meaning
• What are the six ways perception of place can be influenced

  Religion

  Age

  Gender

  Ethnicity

  Role

  Sexuality
• How how does age influence perception

  As people grow older there ideas of places change - parks and schools
• What is globalisation

  Increasing interconnection of the worlds economic cultural and political systems
• What is space time compression

  Metaphorical sense that the world is getting smaller due to increased media and shortened travel time
• What is the idea of global village

  Shrinking world where everywhere looks the same
• How does globalisation strengthen sense of place

  Gives everyone a sense of familiarity and people can feel at home anywhere
• How has globalisation weakened sense of place

  Clone towns - totnes in Devon , 100 people campaigned against a Costa .
• what makes up place profile

  BCDSPP

  built environment

  culture

  demographics

  socio economic

  political

  physical
• What is social inequality 


  Differences in opportunity and reward for different groups of people eg education
• What is spatial inequality

  Unequal distribution of factors like income or health
• What is the cycle of deprivation

  The idea that poverty causes bad health which means no job which leads to poverty
• What is quality of life

  Sense of well being - qualitative
• What is standard of living

  Measurement of what people have - quantitative
• How does housing in the uk show inequality

  3/10 people live in bad housing

  1/5 of uk experience poverty
• What is IMD

  index of multiple deprivation

  ranks from 1 to 32844 (1 is the most deprived)
• What is the gini coefficient

  Measures the variation of income

  0-1 the closer to 1 the more unequal the incomes
• What is the HDI

  Human development index

  based on - life expectancy, GDP, literacy rate

  0-1 (0 is the least developed)
• What factors influence social inequality

  Education

  income

  access to services

  housing

  health
• Why does education influence inequality

  Allows people to have jobs
• What is the global shift

  Relocation of manufacturing across the globe
• What is the primary job sector

  producing raw goods like agriculture
• What is the secondary sector

  Manufacturing industries
• What is the tertiary sector

  Services
• What are the negative impacts of global shift on ACs

  Deindustrialisation- strikes and poor housing, rise in unemployment
• What are the positive impacts of global shift for ACs

  Cheaper labour

  cheap land

  improved environment
• What is place making 


  Uses communities assets in hopes to make a sustainable place that promotes wellbeing
• Role of government in place making

  Promote places to attract inward investment
• What is a 24hr city 


  Different activities throughout the day. Promotes a feeling of safety and life
• What is rebranding 


  Constructing a different place meaning in order to be more attractive to investment
• What is reimaging

  Alter the view of an area
• What is regeneration

  Reverse urban decline