Edexcel A-Level Geography - Regeneration
June 2024 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Quality of Life Indices - Answer>>Education, health, sanitation
and environment
Reason for failing regeneration - Answer>>Lack of local support
- political apathy
Lack of funding
Index of Multiple Deprivation - Answer>>Measures deprivation
of local neighbourhoods
1 = Most deprived (Jaywick)
32,844 = Least deprived
7 factors = education, employment, health care, income and
crime, housing, living environment.
Lower layer super output areas.
Reasons for places change - Answer>>Physical = Management
challenges from coastal erosion/flooding, climate change
Connectedness = Growth of motorways and airports since 1960
Historical development = current town layouts reflect their history
Planning = Government 'garden cities' (Bicester), expansion of
Milton Keynes
Other = globalisation caused mass deindustrialisation
San Francisco - Answer>>Overview: 3.6% unemployment, 7m
people (52%white)
Problems = one of most expensive places in US to buy a house,
lack of low-skilled workers and IT workers
Google effect - high skill and income locals =very high purchasing
power
Locals are priced out - unemployed and loss of income
, Very competitive housing market
Napa Valley - Answer>>Premium wine growing region,
California
4.2% Unemployment
Large immigrant labour that are paid high wages
Rust Belt - Answer>>Midwest USA
Deindustrialisation due to = shrinking industry, globalisation,
automation, steel and coal decline
Detroit deprivation = 45/100000 murders in Detroit, over 8%
unemployment, 50% decline in population since 1950
High crime rates
Political engagement - Answer>>2001 election = 70% turnout of
over 65s but 39% 18-24yrs
Scotland = 20% more interested in politics than London, more
likely to vote (Possibly due to sentiment of change felt amoung
many Scots for independence)
Factors impacting engagement - Answer>>Age/Gender (Older
people more engaged)
Ethnicity (participation increased in certain parts of UK)
Sense of membership
Influence
Residency time (longer = more engaged)
Deprivation (Inequality drives participation)
Lack of place engagement - political apathy
Attachment to a place - Answer>>Sport (Hereford football team,
Amir Khan boxer from Bolton)
Music (Liverpool = Beatles)
June 2024 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Quality of Life Indices - Answer>>Education, health, sanitation
and environment
Reason for failing regeneration - Answer>>Lack of local support
- political apathy
Lack of funding
Index of Multiple Deprivation - Answer>>Measures deprivation
of local neighbourhoods
1 = Most deprived (Jaywick)
32,844 = Least deprived
7 factors = education, employment, health care, income and
crime, housing, living environment.
Lower layer super output areas.
Reasons for places change - Answer>>Physical = Management
challenges from coastal erosion/flooding, climate change
Connectedness = Growth of motorways and airports since 1960
Historical development = current town layouts reflect their history
Planning = Government 'garden cities' (Bicester), expansion of
Milton Keynes
Other = globalisation caused mass deindustrialisation
San Francisco - Answer>>Overview: 3.6% unemployment, 7m
people (52%white)
Problems = one of most expensive places in US to buy a house,
lack of low-skilled workers and IT workers
Google effect - high skill and income locals =very high purchasing
power
Locals are priced out - unemployed and loss of income
, Very competitive housing market
Napa Valley - Answer>>Premium wine growing region,
California
4.2% Unemployment
Large immigrant labour that are paid high wages
Rust Belt - Answer>>Midwest USA
Deindustrialisation due to = shrinking industry, globalisation,
automation, steel and coal decline
Detroit deprivation = 45/100000 murders in Detroit, over 8%
unemployment, 50% decline in population since 1950
High crime rates
Political engagement - Answer>>2001 election = 70% turnout of
over 65s but 39% 18-24yrs
Scotland = 20% more interested in politics than London, more
likely to vote (Possibly due to sentiment of change felt amoung
many Scots for independence)
Factors impacting engagement - Answer>>Age/Gender (Older
people more engaged)
Ethnicity (participation increased in certain parts of UK)
Sense of membership
Influence
Residency time (longer = more engaged)
Deprivation (Inequality drives participation)
Lack of place engagement - political apathy
Attachment to a place - Answer>>Sport (Hereford football team,
Amir Khan boxer from Bolton)
Music (Liverpool = Beatles)
