Space and Place - Glossary - 1/3

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Place
Area of space which holds a feeling or perception by people. This can be influenced by age, religion, gender and sexuality.
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Space
Area of space without meaning/feeling/perception - basically not a place for one person but is for another.
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Informal Representation of Place
Representing a place via media such as TV, music, literature, blogs etc - qualitative.
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Formal Representation of Place
Representing a place with specific data e.g. Census or Index of Multiple Deprivation Data - quantitative.
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Globalisation
Process in which the world in increasingly becoming interconnected due to international trading increasing and
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Time-space compression
Referring to how space is no longer the barrier it was once due to communication and movement of people.
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social inequality
Unequal opportunities/rewards for different social standings or groups.
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Spatial inequality
Unequal distribution of resources/services/qualities depending on the area/location.
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structural economic change
Changes in the functioning/operation of a market/economy.
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Index of multiple deprivation
Data set that measures deprivation based on following scores of these factors; employment, educational skills and training, crime, living environment, barriers to housing and services, health deprivation and disability and Income.
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Census
Statistics which help indicate a nation and how its population lives with details of itself and its characteristics.
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Quality of life
extent to which an individual's needs/want are met - socially, physiologically and physically.
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Standard of living
Ability to access services and goods such as food, water, sanitation, clothing and shelter.
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Area of space without meaning/feeling/perception - basically not a place for one person but is for another.

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Space

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Representing a place via media such as TV, music, literature, blogs etc - qualitative.

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Representing a place with specific data e.g. Census or Index of Multiple Deprivation Data - quantitative.

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Process in which the world in increasingly becoming interconnected due to international trading increasing and

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Did you make the other 2 parts to this topic? I can't seem to find them. Thanks :)

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