Changing spaces;making places

What is space?

• location and meaning
• area without meaning - connecting places

Which is NOT a characteristic that makes up a place profile?

• Natural characteristics such as geology and altitude
• Demography, for example the age and gender of inhabitants
• The animals in the area such as domestic pets
• Socio-economic characteristics such as income and education

Which is NOT a demographic characteristic of a place?

• Gender
• Education
• Age
• Ethnicity

Which is the correct definition for knowledge economy?

• Activities which gather, store and analyse knowledge e.g. high tech manufacturing and finance
• When the manufacturing industry no longer dominates the economy
• When the primary industry advances
• When there are more people working in the tertiary sector, providing goods and services

What is the correct meaning of time-space compression?

• A set of processes leading to a 'shrinking world' caused by the reductions in the relative distances between places
• The spread of people away from their homeland. There is no clearly defined and self-governed homeland,
• The world is becoming larger and things take longer

Which is an example of formal data?

• Graffiti
• Literature
• Geo-spatial data
• Blogs

What is meant by social inequality?

• How far people's general well-being is met, including acess to services such as heath, education and leisure
• The uneven distribution of opportunities and rewards for different social groups, defined by factors such as age

Which is the correct term for standard of living?

• People's income and ability to afford material things such as food and water, housing, clothing and personal mobility
• How far people's general well-being is met, including acess to services such as heath, education and leisure

It has been claimed that the capitalist system goes through a series of interconnected cycles of economic change. What have they become known as?

• Kondratieff cycles
• Comparative advantages

Is the term players the same as stakeholders in this topic?

• Yes
• No