WJEC Geography Theme 1 Case Study Flashcards

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Why does Barnet have better acsess to services than Hackney
More affluent area-->pay more taxes-->better services--->better acsess to education-->higher earning potential-->pay more money on taxes
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Where is Hackney?
East of London
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Where is Barnet?
North of London
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What is the population of Hackney?
250,000
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What is the population of Barnet?
330,000
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Why does Hackney have a lower quality of life?
Less affluent area-->Pays less taxes-->More reliant of governoung people from gaining good earning potentialsent for servies-->Poor services--deprived education---prevents y
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What is the population of Barcelona?
1.5 million+
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When did it grow rapidly and attract migrants?
70s and 80s
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What kind of population does it have?
Diverse and multicultural--mexican, muslim and asian
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What is the old city centre called?
El Raval
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In El Raval what % of the pop. are foreign igrants and what % is it in the whole of Barcelona?
El Raval= 27.6% Barcelona=7.2%
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What services there are catered to muslims?
Halal butchers, mosques, asian film shops
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How many of Barcelonas mosques are in El Raval?
10/16
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What do the residents in El Raval have limited acsess to and why?
lesuire services since they cost
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How many youth centres are in El Raval?
9
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What are the streets like in El Raval?
Narrow and not easy for traffic
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What are the Western suburbs of Barcelona called?
Sarria
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What % of the Sarria population have higher qualifications?
35.7%
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What services are found in sarria which are not found in El Raval and why?
Lesuire services like badminton courts as they are expensive to use
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How many youth centres are found in Sarria?
1
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What was the population of Rio De Janerio in 1920 and then 2000
1920= 579000 2000=20,000,000
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In the NE rural areas of Brazil what % do not have land?
31%
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Why are jobs being lost in the NE Brazil rural areas?
Farming is becoming mechanised
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In the NE Brazillian rural areas how many are malnutritioned?
32 million
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Why are there so many job opportunities in Rio de Janerio?
Industrilisation
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What pull factors are there to Rio de Janerio?
Jobs, education, reliable food and water, high hopes, health care
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What happens as a result of large migration from the rural areas?
shortage of housing
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How many people can be found in just 600 favellas?
650,000
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What kind of strains does huge migrations to Rio put on the cities?
Crime, food, resources, land
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What heppened to favellas between 1970 and 1985?
Governments tried to bulldoze them
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In the sustainable self help schemes how much funing comes from the government?
40%
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What improvements come about as a cause of sustainable improvement schemes?
childcare, training schemes, higher quality of life, drug/alcohol abuse, legally owned properties, basic services, paving of streets, neighbour hood asscioations services, sanatation
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Where was the main planning issue for the 2012 Olympics?
Lower Lea Valley Newham
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What was it going to be converted into?
Largest urban park in Europe
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What would happen to waterways and rver systems in Lower Lea Valley Newham?
Restored and improved
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How much underground electricity cables replaced the pylons in Lower Lea Valley?
200km
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What sites were to be regenerated in Newham?
Brownfield
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What were they going to try and attract to Newham?
Tourists, wildlife and bussiness
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What problems arose from the 2012 olympic planning?
Local residents forced to move/evicted, harder to commute to work for some
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How much was the regeneration of Newham mean't to decrease unemployment by?
7.8%
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How did the regeneration of the local econamy help Newham?
Many temporary and full time jobs created, GNP from Olympics, benefit econamy
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Where are the London Docklands and what did they used to be?
South East centre of London. Used to be largest port in the world.
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When did all of London's docks close and why?
1967-1981 because container ships could not use the Thames so had no use
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How much of the land was derelict in the docklands by 1981?
50% +
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In the London Docklands what was thre a lack of by 1981?
Jobs, services, transport, housing, lesuire, open space
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What was set up to combat London Docklands problems?
LDDC (London Dockland Development Corparation)
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What incentives did it give to businesses to live there?
Property free tax, capitalist bonuses
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How were transport links improved in the docklands?
City airport, DLR, Jubilee Underground
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How much new road was built by the LDDC?
135km
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What firms based in the docklands?
Stock Exchange, Guardian
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How many hectares of derelict land was reclaimed in the docklands?
728 hectares
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How many new trees were planted in the docklands?
160,000
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How many conservation areas were created in the docklands?
17
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What was a complaint about the LDDC improvements
Too elitist, not enough affordable housing
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How much was spent on new lesuire services in the London Docklands
100 milion
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What conflicts arose?
Old communities and newcomers, young locals cannot afford prices and former dock workers dont have necessary skills
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What is the distribution of leisure services for tourists in Brighton?
Museums, attractions, near the coast and transport links
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What is the distribution of leisure services for locals in Brighton?
Spaced out located futher away from the centre so require transport by car which makes them less accessible for some
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What is the distribution of car parks in Brighton?
Large number which are evenly spaced, acsess to services by car is easy but difficult to thoose without a car
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What is a solution to access to further away services without a car?
Park and ride
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Leisure services in Brighton for locals are
privately run so inaccessible to thoose who cannot afford it initiatives
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Nature walks in Brighton are
on rual/urban fringe, near to car parks, not acsessiable to thoose without a car
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Footpaths are inaccessible to
the disabled
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