CSMP 5.1 What's in a place?

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Back-to-back housing
Housing built in blocks, with the backs of one group of housing touching the backs of the others.
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Census
An official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, population, etc.
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Containerisation
Goods being packd into large metal boxes for transport by road and/or sea.
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Demographic
The quantitative study of human populations. The geographical distribution of people, birth and death rates etc.
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Electorate
All the people in a county or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
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Homogenous
Of the same or similar nature or kind. Uniform in structure or composition throughout, as of a chemical mixture.
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Housing tenure
The financial arrangement under which someone has the right to live in a house or apartment.
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Knowledge economy
The new economies based on the processing of knowledge and information using telecommunications.
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Low-order shop
Located in suburban or neighbourhood centres, close to where people live that sell usually inexpensive and daily goods.
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Parish Council
The administrative body in a civil parish.
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Primary Sector
Industry concerned with extracting natural resources from the gorund or the sea.
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Secondary Sector
The manufacturing of goods using raw materials from primary industry.
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Tertiary Sector
It does not produce anything but involves work in the service sector of the economy. It includes activities associated with commerce and distribution.
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Quaternary Sector
One which uses modern technology to carry out research, handle information and give advice to other industries.
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Residents' asssociation
Organisation formed by groups of people from a specific geographic community who come together to address issues within their local area.
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Socio-economic
Is the social science that studies how econmic activity affects and is shaped by social processes.
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Time-space compression
Refers to any phenonmenon that alters the qualities of and relationship between space and time.
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Time-space compression
Refers to any phenonmenon that alters the qualities of and relationship between space and time.
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An official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, population, etc.

Back

Census

Card 3

Front

Goods being packd into large metal boxes for transport by road and/or sea.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

The quantitative study of human populations. The geographical distribution of people, birth and death rates etc.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

All the people in a county or area who are entitled to vote in an election.

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