Geography: Economic Inequalities and Place Characteristics
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What is the result of an abundance of local, national, and global processes such as the movement of people, capital, information, and resources in place characteristics?

  • Economic wealth in all places
  • Similar economic conditions in all places
  • Economic inequality between places (correct)
  • No economic activity in places
  • How can economic activities be classified?

  • By type of job
  • By sector, type, and employment status (correct)
  • By quality of life indices
  • By income levels
  • What determines a person's ability to work?

  • Education level
  • Health, life expectancy, and education levels (correct)
  • Age structure
  • Income level
  • What is reflected in quality of life indices?

    <p>Inequalities in pay levels</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the functions and demographic characteristics of places over time?

    <p>They change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a result of inequalities in pay levels?

    <p>Families with a low income have a lower quality of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is gentrification a process of?

    <p>Renovating a place to make it more attractive to the middle class and business world</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some factors that contribute to the changes of places?

    <p>Physical factors, accessibility and connectedness, historical development, and the role of local/national planning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a place that has undergone gentrification?

    <p>The London Docklands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the multiple deprivation index used to measure?

    <p>Deprivation, taking into account income, health, crime, living environment, and abandoned/derelict land</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of regeneration?

    <p>To eradicate social and economic inequalities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can be used to visually show changes in places?

    <p>Images, either contrasting two places or tracking before/after changes in one place</p> Signup and view all the answers

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