geography edexcel regeneration

1. What are some of the reasons for functional
and demographic change and how can change
be measured?

2. Why do areas change so much
over time?

3. 1. What are some of the reasons for
functional and demographic change?
• What were the four factors from last lesson?
1. Physical
2. Accessibility and connectedness
3. Historical development
4. Local and national planning
• Don’t forget how complex these reasons can be.

4. 1. What are some of the reasons for
functional and demographic change?
• The reasons for change are often complex and
overlapping.
• They can be split into the following four categories
1. physical factors
2. accessibility and connectedness
3. historical development
4. the role of local and national planning.

5. 1. Physical factors
• Watch this, how homes are disappearing

6. 2. Accessibility and
connectedness
• New Garden City in Ebbsfleet HERE

7. 3. Historical development

8. 4. Role of local and national
planning.
• East West Rail proposal here

9. 5. Other
• Migrants to Boston in East Anglia HERE What have
been some of the reasons for change here?

10. TASK
• Read the article on Showbie (p229-231) which goes
into more detail about the reasons for some of the
changes in function and demographic
• Now make a poster showing the reasons for the
changes – DO FOR HOMEWORK
• ‘Why have areas in the UK changed their function
and demographic make up?’

11. 2. How can these changes be
measured?
• Nine main factors allow for the changes to
measured over time.
• Employment trends,
• Demographic changes,
• Land-use changes and
• Levels of deprivation (income deprivation, employment
deprivation, health deprivation, crime, quality of the
living environment, abandoned and derelict land).