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The Geographical Association Changing Place: Changing Places Emma Rawlings Smith This workshop will explore some of the opportunities and challenges of teaching about place in the new A Level specifications. It will consider the very idea of place and how we attribute personal and social meaning to particular locations. It will then present strategies that can encourage engagement with theory, key concepts and the study of distinctive localities that help to explain how places have been shaped, why they are constantly changing and how this has affected the people who live at the heart of place. Aims and Outcomes 1.1 Develop an understanding of the concept of place 1.2 Increase knowledge of how and why places are constantly changing 1.3 Explore a variety of teaching and learning strategies about place, including some ideas for fieldwork investigations 1.1 What do we mean by space and place? Space: can be understood as a container in which objects are located and human behaviour is played out. In the book The Production of Space, Henri Lefebvre identified how space is socially produced through a set of spatial practices (migrations, routines and other journeys), reproduced (in books, images, films and so on) and lived by people as they journey their way through life. Place: simply put it is a location with meaning. It is a location connected to other places and shaped by these connections and flows from other places. Places are all unique and distinctive, where no two places are the same. Places can also be considered to be complex ‘bundles of trajectories’ where diverse elements gather together in the here and now and are constantly changing and being changed by the actions of people. Further reading Cresswell, T. (2015) Place: an introduction 2 nd edition. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Massey, D. (2005) For Space. London: Sage Publications Ltd. Lambert, D. and Morgan, J. (2010) Ch 6 ‘Place’ in Teaching Geography 1118. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

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The  Geographical  Association    Changing  Place:  Changing  Places  

Emma  Rawlings  Smith    

   

This  workshop  will  explore  some  of  the  opportunities  and  challenges  of  teaching  about  place  in  the  new  A  Level  specifications.  It  will  consider  the  very  idea  of  place  and  how  we  attribute  personal  and  social  meaning  to  particular  locations.  It  will  then  present  strategies  that  can  encourage  engagement  with  theory,  key  concepts  and  the  study  of  distinctive  localities  that  help  to  explain  how  places  have  been  shaped,  why  they  are  constantly  changing  and  how  this  has  affected  the  people  who  live  at  the  heart  of  place.      

Aims  and  Outcomes  1.1 Develop  an  understanding  of  the  concept  of  place  1.2 Increase  knowledge  of  how  and  why  places  are  constantly  changing  1.3 Explore  a  variety  of  teaching  and  learning  strategies  about  place,  including  some  ideas  

for  fieldwork  investigations    

1.1  What  do  we  mean  by  space  and  place?  Space:  can  be  understood  as  a  container  in  which  objects  are  located  and  human  behaviour  is  played  out.  In  the  book  The  Production  of  Space,  Henri  Lefebvre  identified  how  space  is  socially  produced  through  a  set  of  spatial  practices  (migrations,  routines  and  other  journeys),  reproduced  (in  books,  images,  films  and  so  on)  and  lived  by  people  as  they  journey  their  way  through  life.  Place:  simply  put  it  is  a  location  with  meaning.  It  is  a  location  connected  to  other  places  and  shaped  by  these  connections  and  flows  from  other  places.  Places  are  all  unique  and  distinctive,  where  no  two  places  are  the  same.  Places  can  also  be  considered  to  be  complex  ‘bundles  of  trajectories’  where  diverse  elements  gather  together  in  the  here  and  now  and  are  constantly  changing  and  being  changed  by  the  actions  of  people.    

Further  reading  Cresswell,  T.  (2015)  Place:  an  introduction  2nd  edition.  Chichester:  John  Wiley  &  Sons  Massey,  D.  (2005)  For  Space.  London:  Sage  Publications  Ltd.  Lambert,  D.  and  Morgan,  J.  (2010)  Ch  6  ‘Place’  in  Teaching  Geography  11-­‐18.  Maidenhead:  Open  University  Press.    

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1.2  How  and  why  do  places  change?    

Urban  areas   Coastal  areas   Countryside  • Loss  of  city  centre  retail  (e.g.  food,  DIY  and  home  wares)  to  out-­‐of-­‐town  retail  and  business  parks.  

• Loss  of  business  and  commercial  functions  to  the  edge  of  towns  including  business  and  science  parks.  

• Decline  in  heavy  industry  due  to  global  shift,  off  shoring  and  outsourcing  

• Limited  access  and  high  costs  for  motorists  and  commuters  (limited  parking,  congestion  charging)  

• High  cost  of  city  centre  housing.  

• Decline  in  traditional  fishing  industries.  

• Cheap  overseas  tourism  destinations  make  British  seaside  resorts  less  attractive.  

• Decline  in  tourism  income  has  caused  a  spiral  of  decline  in  seaside  towns.  

• Hard  to  attract  private  investments  with  lower  numbers  of  tourists.  

• Depopulation  as  there  are  few  local  job  opportunities.  

• Some  coastal  resorts  are  inaccessible  and  take  a  long  time  to  reach.  

• Agricultural  change  as  a  result  of  mechanisation  and  overseas  competition  has  resulted  in  low  incomes.  

• Limited  public  transport  means  locals  cannot  shop  around  or  travel  far  for  work.  

• Less  government  support  requires  farmers  to  diversify  to  survive.  

• Depopulation  results  in  a  loss  of  vital  services.  

• Increased  proportion  of  second  or  holiday  homes  has  driven  up  house  prices  beyond  the  reach  of  local  people.  

 

Key  processes  driving  change  and  shaping  place  identity      

• Urbanisation  2008,  was  the  first  time  in  history  when  more  people  lived  in  cities  than  the  countryside.  By  2050,  the  urban  population  is  expected  to  increase  to  6.3  million.  It  is  estimated  that  by  2025,  300  million  Chinese  now  living  in  rural  areas  will  move  into  cities.  Urbanisation  is  driven  by  multiple  causes,  as  people  are  forced  from  rural  areas  and  attracted  to  the  dream  of  a  better  life  in  the  city.  Urbanisation  is  creating  terrible  inequalities  within  and  between  different  urban  areas  for  the  people  who  lack  education,  skill  or  opportunity  to  work  in  the  global  economy.    

 • Globalisation    Globalisation  has  been  taking  place  for  many  hundreds  of  years,  the  pace  of  change  has  speeded  up  enormously  over  the  last  half-­‐century.  With  modern  globalisation  the  connections  between  people  and  places  have  lengthened  (as  products  are  sourced  from  ever-­‐more  distant  places)  and  deepened  (as  more  areas  of  our  lives  are  affected).      • Global  mobility  More  people  are  on  the  move  than  ever  before,  for  reasons  including:  -­‐  Tourism  -­‐  With  greater  disposable  incomes,  the  middle-­‐class  travel  for  recreation  and  leisure.  According  to  the  WTO  global  tourist  arrivals  increased  to  1.138  billion  last  year.  -­‐  European  mobility  –  The  European  Union  (EU)  is  a  trade  bloc  that  allows  free  movement  of  citizens  between  the  27  member  states  and  EEA  countries.  There  are  currently  1.4  million  Britons  living  in  other  EU  countries,  800  000  in  Spain  alone.  -­‐  International  migration  –  There  are  currently  232  million  international  migrants  living  outside  the  country  they  were  born  in.  Most  migration  flows  are  to  the  global  hub  cities  for  work,  or  to  follow  members  of  the  family  who  have  already  migrated  abroad.    

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Changing  places  case  study:  The  impact  of  deindustrialisation  on  Liverpool  Places  are  dynamic  and  constantly  changing.  Evidence  of  their  history  and  culture  lives  on  in  the  urban  environment,  public  space  and  inhabitants  memories.  Cities  go  through  cycles  of  industrial  growth  and  decline.      In  the  18th  and  19th  centuries  Liverpool  was  a  thriving  port.  From  the  mid-­‐twentieth  century  Liverpool’s  docks  and  traditional  manufacturing  industries  went  into  sharp  decline.  Containerisation  better  suited  deeper  ports  like  those  in  Bristol,  Felixstowe  and  Tilbury,  making  the  city’s  docks  obsolete.  At  the  same  time,  globalisation  shifted  production  abroad,  leading  factories  across  Liverpool  to  shut  and  unemployment  to  rise  to  one  of  the  highest  in  the  UK.  During  this  period  of  rapid  change,  the  middle  class  were  leaving  the  inner  city  area  of  Toxteth,  with  its  tightly-­‐packed  19th  century  terraces,  for  the  suburbs  in  the  south  of  the  city.  Others  were  leaving  Granby  triangle,  the  terraces  of  Lodge  Lane,  Sefton  Park  and  Croxteth  Road,  for  modern  council  estates.  Those  that  could  get  out  left,  those  who  couldn’t,  stayed.    Industrial  towns  and  cities  in  the  north  of  England  were  hardest  hit  by  deindustrialisation  as  manufacturing  was  at  the  heart  of  their  economies.  In  March  1981,  the  final  death  knell  for  Liverpool  was  the  closure  Tate  &  Lyle’s  sugar  refinery,  along  with  the  loss  of  2  000  jobs.  It  was  claimed  that  the  surplus  capacity  in  cane  sugar  refining  caused  by  the  European  Community’s  Common  Agricultural  Policy  made  the  factory  unsustainable.  As  workers  moved  away,  houses  in  Toxteth  were  left  empty  and  students,  the  unemployed  and  immigrants  attracted  by  cheap  rent  and  the  close  proximity  to  the  city  centre  moved  in.  Toxteth  was  now  a  deprived,  run-­‐down  and  racially  mixed  area  -­‐  a  breading  ground  for  discontent.  When  police  intercepted  a  motorcyclist  in  Selbourne  in  July  1981,  the  match  was  struck  and  nine  days  of  riots  were  sparked.  As  a  result  100  cars  burned,  1000  police  officers  injured,  70  buildings  destroyed  and  damage  estimated  at  £11  million.  It  took  the  Toxteth  riots,  to  get  the  government  to  recognise  that  cities  like  Liverpool  had  serious  problems  that  needed  addressing  and  yet  Thatcher  was  advised  by  Geoffrey  Howe  to  abandon  Liverpool  to  ‘managed  decline’  rather  than  help.  Right  wing  voices  argued  that  northern  cities  had  ‘no  future’  that  their  residents  should  get  out  and  migrate  south.  In  2010,  11  per  cent  of  city’s  population  were  living  in  the  most  deprived  one  per  cent  of  all  England’s  neighbourhoods  and  life  expectancy  for  men  was  14  years  below  national  averages,  the  same  as  for  men  in  Baghdad.  If  you  look  at  the  map  below  you’ll  see  that  these  high  levels  of  deprivation  can  be  found  in  neighbourhoods  in  wards  like  Everton  in  Liverpool.      During  the  last  decade,  around  £6  billion  of  private  and  public  sector  money  has  been  invested  in  Liverpool.  As  European  Capital  of  Culture  in  2008,  Liverpool  gained  foreign  investments  to  improve  the  city,  paving  the  way  for  further  regeneration.  Liverpool  One  is  a  £1bn  redevelopment  of  shops  and  leisure  facilities  on  a  42-­‐acre  site  close  to  Albert  Docks.    Key  players  involved  in  redevelopments  in  Liverpool  include:  • Liverpool  City  Council  grant  planning  permission  for  redevelopments  • Central  government  who  can  ask  for  a  public  enquiry  for  redevelopment  schemes.  • Joe  Anderson  Liverpool’s  first  directly  elected  mayor.  • Liverpool’s  Economic  Development  Agency’s  (Liverpool  Vision)  15-­‐year  strategic  plan.  • UNESCO  gave  Liverpool  World  Heritage  Site  Status  in  2004  and  can  take  it  away  if  they  do  not  support  new  developments  out  of  character  for  the  area.  

• Developers  such  as  North  Point  Global,  BDP  and  Urban  Splash  design  and  construct  new  developments  

• Peel  Port  investing  in  the  deep-­‐water  container  terminal  called  Liverpool2    

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1.3  Teaching  and  learning  strategies  about  place    Example  One  -­‐  Do  I  see  the  city  how  you  do?    An  extract  from  a  city  blog  project  

Living  in  the  richest  city  in  the  world  and  you  would  expect  that  every  building  on  the  block  would  be  an  iconic  example  of  modernity.  Not  true.  Recently  constructed  designs  are  more  likely  to  reflect  the  traditional  mashrabiyan  architecture  of  old,  combined  subtly  with  innovative  features  that  make  life  in  the  Arabian  Desert  just  that  little  bit  more  hospitable.  The  central  wind  tower,  known  in  Arabic  as  a  barajeel,  incorporated  into  the  zero-­‐carbon  zero-­‐waste  Masdar  city,  collects  and  drops  cooler  air  to  street  level.  The  glass  reinforced  concrete  coating  applied  to  the  Central  Souk,  protects  the  building  from  the  sandstorms,  which  regularly  blast  thousands  of  tonnes  of  sand  on  the  city.    

My  apartment  is  considered  old,  in  a  country,  which  celebrated  its  40th  birthday  last  December.  My  tower  was  constructed  in  the  1970s,  as  one  of  the  city’s  first  ‘skyscrapers’,  when  buildings  topped  out  at  18  floors.  The  changes  occurring  across  the  city  of  Abu  Dhabi  can  be  seen  from  my  windows.  I  overlook  Khalidiya  Gardens  one  of  many  green,  public  spaces  that  make  up  five  per  cent  of  the  city.  Friday,  the  day  when  most  global  citizens  are  working  their  last  nine-­‐to-­‐five  of  the  week,  the  people  of  Abu  Dhabi  congregate  in  these  family  parks  around  barbeques.  The  men  smoke  shisha,  discussing  the  matters  of  the  day  and  the  women  busy  themselves  with  their  children.  The  charcoal  and  shisha  smoke  drifts  up  and  permeates  through  the  air  along  with  the  smells  from  the  underbelly  of  the  city.  When  the  temperatures  soar  into  the  forties  in  the  summer  months,  evaporation  from  sewage  pipes  hits  the  back  of  the  throat  of  unsuspecting  passers-­‐by.      

The  smells  of  the  city  are  as  diverse  as  the  people  and  the  trades  that  they  follow.  Emirates  are  distinct  in  style,  the  women  in  black  Abayas  and  the  men  in  white  Kanduras,  newcomers  to  the  city  are  a  diverse  crowd,  but  each  have  shops  and  community  services  dedicated  to  their  needs.  I  love  the  fact  that  you  can  visit  a  traditional  tailor,  barber  and  patisserie  right  next  door  to  a  pottery,  dry  cleaners  and  music  store  selling  nothing  but  Ouds.  The  New  Economics  Foundation  would  find  no  clone  town  here.  Further  along  my  street  there  is  even  a  gramophone  shop  and  a  Singer  sewing  machine  shop,  both  selling  goods  without  need  of  electricity.      This  is  my  city  and  it  has  been  for  the  last  two  years.  I  would  love  to  be  an  urban  representative  for  Abu  Dhabi,  it  is  a  city  full  of  dichotomies,  it  is  in  the  midst  of  reinventing  itself  and  I  am  watching  it  change  right  from  my  window.      Activities  1.  Highlight  the  different  sights,  sounds,  smells  used  in  the  text  to  describe  the  people  and  city.  2.  Write  a  list  of  ideas  of  your  own  that  you  might  include  in  a  blog  post  about  your  city  3.  Share  these  with  your  group.  Think  about  how  you  could  develop  each  of  your  ideas.    4.  Discuss  whether  you  have  missed  out  any  members  of  the  community?  If  you  have  write  a  couple  more  ideas  down.    

 

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Example  One  -­‐  A  day  on  the  Devonshire  moors  by  N.  Smith  (2013)  Students  can  be  asked  to  write  about  places  they  feel  an  attachment  to.  This  example  by  one  of  my  students  shows  a  strong  attachment  to  a  distant  but  familiar  place.    Set  between  the  rolling  green  hills  and  dark  fingered  woods  sits  a  small,  white,  house  surrounded  by  a  garden  full  of  life.  Fresh,  blooming  flowers  and  the  barking  of  the  old  sheepdogs  lying  in  the  shade  of  the  backdoor  porch.  Distant  neighing  comes  from  the  stables  behind  the  house  while  other  Dartmoor  ponies  roll  with  abandon  in  the  yellowing  meadows.  This  is  where  I  first  fell  in  love  with  Devon  and  everything  that  it  holds  within  its  mellowing  glory.      Waking  to  a  full  English  breakfast,  with  Jazz,  the  old  sheepdog  snoozing  peacefully  on  our  feet,  we  headed  out  into  the  nearby  wood  to  begin  our  journey  through  the  moors.  Dappled  light  fell  onto  the  leafy  ground  as  with  hiked  through  the  wood,  heading  towards  the  local  village  for  the  classic  Devon  cream  tea.  Despite  our  anticipated  lunch,  we  walked  on  accompanied,  only  by  our  own  footfalls  and  the  tweeting  of  birds  in  the  trees.  It  is  amazing  how  you  can  discover  a  new  part  of  Devon  that  one  has  never  walked  on  before.  You  can  make  a  place  your  own,  private  space  that  you  have  been  the  first  to  discover.  This  is  another  thing  I  love  about  Devon,  the  never-­‐ending  discoveries  you  can  make,  just  by  enjoying  a  walk  through  the  woods  of  a  beautiful  place.      Emerging  onto  a  bramble  path,  we  made  our  way  up  to  the  local  village  to  the  Crumbly  Sponge  Tea  shop,  for  the  well-­‐deserved  cream  tea.  Despite  our  giant  and  delicious  English  breakfast  at  the  start  of  our  day,  cream  tea  and  scones  with  homemade  jam  and  of  course  clotted  cream  is  the  something  that  Devon  stars.  No  other  place  on  earth  could  do  it  how  they  do.  But  its  not  so  much  the  amazing  taste  of  the  food,  but  the  atmosphere  of  the  tea  shop  itself.  Amongst  the  tinkle  of  tea  cups  and  munching  of  cake,  there  is  the  sound  of  light  conversation,  and  always,  as  someone  walks  in,  there  are  cries  of  welcome,  and  come  sit  at  our  table,  Even  if  the  person  is  unknown  to  them.  The  close  community  and  passion  for  making  people  welcome,  is  also  a  thing  I  adore  and  much  admired  about  this  place.    Continuing  our  journey,  up  around  the  moors,  this  time  in  the  open  sunshine,  we  began  to  hike  up  a  gently  sloping  hill,  towards  a  meadow  of  whinnying  Dartmoor  horses  and  ponies.  Those  horses  were  wild,  but  even  the  friendly  and  caring  atmosphere  of  Devon  seemed  to  have  reached  and  grow  with  them,  as,  as  we  walked  through  the  field  they  trotted  up  to  us  to  nuzzle  a  hello  or  walk  with  us  to  the  gate  on  the  other  side.  Reaching  the  top  of  the  hill  we  stopped  to  admire  the  view  before  us.  That  view  is  one  that,  despite  the  many  places  I  have  been,  I  can  remember  with  precise  detail,  as  it  was  utterly  and  truly  wonderful.  Miles  and  miles  of  undisturbed  greenery,  rolling  with  woods  and  fields  full  of  wild  flowers  and  animals,  all  just  there,  like  they  truly  belong.  It  cannot  be  put  into  words  the  beauty  of  it  all.  After  tearing  ourselves  away  we  made  back  to  that  white  house,  the  barks  of  the  dogs  welcoming  us  back,  as  if  it  were  home.  Sitting  in  the  garden  after  our  walk,  holding  a  mug  of  hot  chocolate  I  stopped  to  think,  Devon  is  one  of  the  most  wonderful  and  most  beautiful  places  I  have  ever  had  the  pleasure  to  be  in.        

 

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Example  Two  -­‐  Kilburn  High  Street  by  Doreen  Massey  (2005)  “Take,  for  instance,  a  walk  down  Kilburn  High  Road,  my  local  shopping  centre.  It  is  a  pretty  ordinary  place,  north-­‐west  of  the  centre  of  London.  Under  the  railway  bridge  the  newspaper  stand  sells  papers  from  every  county  of  what  my  neighbours,  many  of  whom  come  from  there,  still  often  call  the  Irish  Free  State.  The  postboxes  down  the  High  Road,  and  many  an  empty  space  on  a  wall,  are  adorned  with  the  letters  IRA.  Other  available  spaces  are  plastered  this  week  with  posters  for  a  special  meeting  in  remembrance:  Ten  Years  after  the  Hunger  Strike.  At  the  local  theatre  Eamon  Morrissey  has  a  one-­‐man  show;  the  National  Club  has  the  Wolfe  Tones  on,  and  at  the  Black  Lion  there's  Finnegan's  Wake.    In  two  shops  I  notice  this  week's  lottery  ticket  winners:  in  one  the  name  is  Teresa  Gleeson,  in  the  other,  Chouman  Hassan.  Thread  your  way  through  the  often  almost  stationary  traffic  diagonally  across  the  road  from  the  newsstand  and  there's  a  shop  which  as  long  as  I  can  remember  has  displayed  saris  in  the  window.  Four  life-­‐sized  models  of  Indian  women,  and  reams  of  cloth.      On  the  door  a  notice  announces  a  forthcoming  concert  at  Wembley  Arena:  Anand  Miland  presents  Rekha,  life,  with  Aamir  Khan,  Salman  Khan,  Jahi  Chawla  and  Raveena  Tandon.  On  another  ad,  for  the  end  of  the  month,  is  written,  'All  Hindus  are  cordially  invited'.  In  another  newsagents  I  chat  with  the  man  who  keeps  it,  a  Muslim  unutterably  depressed  by  events  in  the  Gulf,  silently  chafing  at  having  to  sell  the  Sun.      Overhead  there  is  always  at  least  one  aeroplane  -­‐  we  seem  to  have  on  a  flight-­‐path  to  Heathrow  and  by  the  time  they're  over  Kilburn  you  can  see  them  clearly  enough  to  tell  the  airline  and  wonder  as  you  struggle  with  your  shopping  where  they're  coming  from.  Below,  the  reason  the  traffic  is  snarled  up  (another  odd  effect  of  time-­‐space  compression!)  is  in  part  because  this  is  one  of  the  main  entrances  to  and  escape  routes  from  London,  he  road  to  Staples  Corner  and  the  beginning  of  the  M1  to  'the  North’.      This  is  just  the  beginning  of  a  sketch  from  immediate  impressions  but  a  proper  analysis  could  be  done  of  the  links  between  Kilburn  and  the  world.  And  so  it  could  for  almost  any  place.”    Activities  1.  Highlight  the  text  for  the  following:  

a. connections  with  other  places        b.  flows  of  people,  money,  knowledge,  culture  b. Are  some  members  of  the  community  over-­‐represented?  Are  others  under-­‐

represented?  2.    Visit  your  local  high  street  and  create  your  own  narrative,  describe  the  thinks  you  can  see,  hear  and  smell.  While  you  are  exploring  –  take  plenty  of  photographs  of  what  you  see,  these  can  be  used  as  a  primary  source  of  data  back  in  the  classroom.  3.  Talk  to  visitors  and  business  owners  and  ask  them  what  they  think  of  the  area  and  ask  them  how  they  have  seen  it  change.  

     

 

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Example  Three  -­‐  Investigating  Place  Image  using  photographs    London  Docklands    1983  and  2015  

 http://i202.photobucket.com  Creative  Commons  

 

 Getty  Images  Royalty-­‐free  

   

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Example  Four  -­‐  Investigating  Place  Image  using  primary  data    

For  each  site  take  a  photo,  sketch  what  you  see  and  record  relevant  information.  This  is  your  view  of  the  current  quality  of  a  place  and  record  of  the  improvements  you  would  like  to  see.  You  could  repeat  this  method  by  asking  other  people  to  complete  this  survey  (such  as  family  members  from  different  generations,  workers  or  tourists).  

Place  description:  

Sketch  map  include  annotations  of  land  use,  functions,  environmental  quality,  activities  (say  what  you  see,  smell,  hear…)                                1.  What  do  you  like  about  it?  

         Same  /different  for  local  residents?  Why?    

2.  What  do  you  dislike  about  it?  

         Same  /different  for  local  residents?  Why?        

3.  What  needs  to  be  improved?   4.  Evidence  of  improvements  to  create  a  ‘special  place’    

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Example  Five  –  Place  enquiry  using  secondary  data    UK  data  A  range  of  secondary  data  can  be  used  to  build  up  a  picture  of  a  place  such  as  Liverpool  and  to  help  to  show  how  it  is  changing.  The  government  collect  census  data  every  ten  years  and  this  can  be  can  be  downloaded  from  their  website  http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/data/area-­‐first/  You  might  want  to  start  by  exploring  an  area  you  are  familiar  with  such  your  local  ward,  then  compare  your  results  with  other  places.    Another  set  of  maps  using  census  data  can  be  found  at  http://ukdataexplorer.com    These  are  an  easy  starting  point  for  investigating  data  at  the  regional  level.    A  useful  tool  available  to  introduce  census  data  to  students  is  the  ‘How  well  do  you  your  local  area’  quiz  available  at  http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/dvc147/    The  Index  of  Multiple  Deprivation  2015  Explorer  is  available  online  at  http://apps.opendatacommunities.org/showcase/deprivation  It  is  a  useful  source  of  data  that  helps  to  show  inequalities  across  England.    In  the  UK  and  in  New  York  there  are  great  datasets  looking  at  the  geographical  distribution  of  crime,  explore  these  for  yourself  at  www.police.uk  and  http://maps.nyc.gov/crime/    The  interactive  mapping  tool  at  http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/dvc173/index.htmlHealth  can  be  used  to  compare  life  expectancies  for  people  across  the  UK.        London  Data  A  useful  website  to  view  rental  prices  in  London  is  available  at  http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2013/nov/20/rental-­‐prices-­‐at-­‐each-­‐london-­‐underground-­‐tube-­‐stop    This  can  be  used  in  conjunction  with  a  map  of  Life  expectancy  on  the  Tube  Line  available  on  the  Mapping  London  Website  at  http://life.mappinglondon.co.uk    Global  Data  The  Reporters  without  Borders  map  and  report  help  us  to  understand  where  in  the  world  there  is  press  freedom  available  at  https://index.rsf.org/#!/    The  Globalization  Index  2011  interactive  time  line  is  an  interesting  dataset  to  explore,  as  it  captures  how  well  places  are  connected  to  each  other  available  at    http://www.ey.com/GL/en/Issues/Business-­‐environment/The-­‐Globalization-­‐Index-­‐2011-­‐interactive-­‐time-­‐line    Lastly,  the  interactive  mapping  peoplemovin  shows  global  migration  source  and  destination  countries  in  an  easy  to  read  format  at  http://peoplemov.in/#!      

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