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Cards (47)

  • Accessibility
    How easy it is to travel to a place or interact with an individual
  • Administration Centre
    Places that make decisions about how to organise infrastructure and economic activity for the surrounding areas
  • Amenity Value
    The value of a resource to locals and businesses (beaches, timber, coal)
  • Built Environment
    The buildings and infrastructure within an urban area
  • Capital
    Productive assets, goods or financial stakes
  • Central Business District (CBD)
    The centre of a city, containing a high density of businesses and TNC headquarters
  • Commuter
    An individual who regularly travels a distance between their residence and their employment
  • Cultural Enrichment
    The addition of ideas, traditions and beliefs due to the arrival of new people
  • Cultural Erosion
    The loss of a culture, resulting in a change in ideas or disregard for traditions
  • Culture
    The way of life of a particular group of people at a particular time, generally customs and beliefs
  • Demographic
    The characteristics of a population
  • Deprivation
    Individuals lack basic services or objects they would expect to have in the 21st Century
  • Dereliction
    The loss of industry or productivity of a land, leaving it abandoned
  • Diversification
    Where a company may look to offer different services or sell a wider range of products to appeal to a new target audience
  • Diversity
    Variation within a population, in their characteristics, background and behaviour
  • Elite Migrants

    Migration due to an individual's wealth or status, often investing in the host country through investment visas, property or business
  • Empty Nester
    A couple whose children have moved out (post-university age)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
    The study of environmental impacts caused by large business projects
  • Ethnicity
    The cultural background of a group of people, often based on religion or country of origin
  • Exponential Growth
    An ever more rapid increase in something. For example, the world's population is growing exponentially
  • Fertility Rate
    The number of children born per 1000 women each year
  • Gated Community

    Urban neighbourhoods surrounded by gates often to improve privacy and safety. They can add to segregation within a community
  • Gentrification
    Renovation of older/deteriorating buildings or areas with the aim of attracting high-income individuals or elite businesses to a place
  • Governance
    The management of a place or group of people
  • Idyll
    A location with ideal living conditions and good qualities. Often based on a perception
  • Inequality
    Differences in income, well-being and wealth between individuals, communities and society
  • Internal Migration
    The movement of people within a country
  • Gentrification
    The renovation or rebuilding of older/deteriorating buildings or areas with the aim of attracting high-income individuals or elite businesses to a place
  • International Migration
    The movement of people from one country to another
  • Life-cycle Stage
    The change in opinions and values at different stages of an individual's life
  • Life Expectancy
    The average number of years an individual is likely to live, determined at birth
  • Lived Experience
    The contribution of experiences and opportunities to an individual's views and values
  • Media
    The publishing of information and production of entertainment (e.g. BBC, local newspapers, radio stations)
  • Mortality Rate

    The number of deaths per thousand people
  • Multicultural
    The existence, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single geographic area
  • Perception
    A person's view of a place or issue based on feelings, experience and outside forces such as the media
  • Political Engagement
    The willingness and ability of an individual to vote or join political parties or pressure groups
  • Population Density
    The number of people per square kilometre
  • Rebranding
    Creating a new look or reputation for an area
  • Regional Disparity
    The economic (or cultural) gap between different parts of a country