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Area of Study 2: Dynamic Places

9 dot points across 9 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Why is globalisation contested, and how do movements, localism and policy responses challenge it at different scales?

The reasons globalisation is contested at different scales, from anti-globalisation movements and localism to alternative models such as transition towns and policy responses including protectionism.
An Edexcel A-Level Geography answer to why globalisation is contested, covering anti-globalisation movements, localism and NIMBYism, alternative models such as transition towns and degrowth, and policy responses including tariffs, trade barriers and populism at a range of scales.
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How and why does population diversity vary between places, and how do people experience and contest that change?

How population structure and cultural diversity vary between and within urban and rural places, the causes of demographic and cultural change, how people perceive and experience their changing places, and the tensions that diversity and change can create.
An Edexcel A-Level Geography answer to diverse places, covering how population structure and cultural diversity vary between and within urban and rural places, the causes of demographic and cultural change, how different groups perceive and experience their changing places, and the tensions that diversity and rapid change can create.
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What is globalisation, what drives it, and who wins and loses from a more connected world?

The causes and acceleration of globalisation, the role of technology, transport, TNCs and global institutions, the switched-on and switched-off places, and the social, economic and environmental costs and benefits of an interconnected world.
An Edexcel A-Level Geography answer to globalisation, covering its causes and acceleration through technology, transport, trade and migration, the role of TNCs and global institutions such as the IMF and WTO, switched-on and switched-off places, and the social, economic and environmental costs and benefits of a more interconnected world.
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What are the impacts of globalisation for countries, different groups of people and cultures, and the physical environment?

The economic, social and cultural impacts of globalisation through global shift, migration and cultural diffusion, and its consequences for the development gap and the physical environment.
An Edexcel A-Level Geography answer to the impacts of globalisation, covering global shift and deindustrialisation, migration and remittances, cultural diffusion and glocalisation, the development gap, and the environmental costs of an interconnected world with ethical and sustainable responses.
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How does inequality between and within places affect the wellbeing of different groups of people?

How dimensions of inequality such as housing, income, services and health produce spatial patterns of segregation, and how deprivation and inequality are measured.
An Edexcel A-Level Geography answer to how inequality affects wellbeing in places, covering dimensions such as housing, income, services, education and health, spatial patterns of segregation and gentrification, and the measurement of deprivation through the Index of Multiple Deprivation and the Gini coefficient.
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How is regeneration managed by different players, and how successfully can its outcomes be measured?

How governments, planners, developers and communities manage regeneration through rebranding and reimaging, and how economic, social, demographic and environmental indicators measure its contested success.
An Edexcel A-Level Geography answer to how regeneration is managed and measured, covering UK government roles such as Urban Development Corporations and Enterprise Zones, planning and players, rebranding and reimaging strategies, and the economic, social, demographic and environmental indicators used to judge its contested success.
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How do different people view, perceive and represent places, and why do those representations conflict?

How place attachment, perception and identity vary between insiders and outsiders, and how places are represented through formal data and informal media.
An Edexcel A-Level Geography answer to how people perceive and represent places, covering place attachment shaped by age, gender, ethnicity and residence, insider versus outsider perspectives, sense of place and identity, and the contrast between formal census data and informal media representations such as film, TV and social media.
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How can cultural and social inequality be reduced, and how successfully do different players achieve this?

How key players from government to community groups use policies, regeneration and community action to reduce cultural and social inequality, and how their success is measured.
An Edexcel A-Level Geography answer to how cultural and social inequality can be reduced, covering key players from central government to housing associations and community groups, policies such as Enterprise Zones, New Deal for Communities and Section 106, community action, and how success is measured through IMD, income, health and satisfaction.
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Why do some places need regenerating, and how successfully can decline be reversed?

How economic change and connectedness shape places and identities, why some places need regenerating, the players and strategies involved in rebranding and regeneration, and how the success of regeneration can be measured and contested.
An Edexcel A-Level Geography answer to regenerating places, covering how economic change and connectedness shape place identity, why some places experience decline and need regenerating, the players and strategies involved in regeneration and rebranding, and how the success of regeneration is measured and contested by different groups.
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