Diverse Places | Edexcel A-Level Geography (9GE0)
Diverse Places
- 286 questions
- 17 subtopics
- Paper 2: one place study of two
- Paper 2 and Paper 3
Covers who lives where and how they see it: population structure and characteristics, the influences that shaped them, how urban and rural places are perceived, segregation and diversity, the tensions change brings, and how integration and community cohesion are measured and managed..
It covers population structure variation from place to place and over time, population characteristics variation from place to place and over time, global, national and regional influences on place, how places are represented in film, art, music and media, continuity and change in demographic and cultural character, urban places viewed differently by different groups, idyllic and negative perceptions of rural places, how reputation, media and lived experience shape rural views, evidence about living spaces, and research ethics, media and creative sources, coding and sampling, increasing cultural and social diversity in the UK, what causes segregation, segregation along the rural-urban continuum, and migration, perceptions of segregated places, and measuring segregation, land-use change and tension between residents and newcomers, measuring integration, and community cohesion in Slough and diverse rural communities: the Lake District.
Sample questions from Diverse Places
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Population structure variation from place to place and over time
Give two examples of physical factors that influence population density.
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Relief/topography (flat land is easier to build on), climate (milder climates attract settlement), water availability, or soil fertility. -
Global, national and regional influences on place
How do international trade links influence local economies and place characteristics?
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International trade links can create employment in export industries, attract foreign investment, and expose local populations to global goods and cultural influences. -
Continuity and change in demographic and cultural character
What is meant by change in cultural characteristics of a place?
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Change refers to shifts in cultural diversity, practices or identity over time, such as the introduction of new religions, languages or lifestyles to an area. -
Idyllic and negative perceptions of rural places
What is Thomas Hardy's 'Wessex' and why is it significant for understanding perceptions of rural places?
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Wessex is the fictional rural region in southwest England created by Thomas Hardy in his novels. It demonstrates how literary associations can shape perceptions of rural places as idyllic, romantic, and timeless. -
Evidence about living spaces, and research ethics
How can interviews be used as a qualitative method to evaluate how people view their living spaces?
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Interviews allow researchers to gather in-depth personal perspectives, opinions, and feelings about a place directly from residents, capturing nuanced views that statistics cannot reveal. -
Increasing cultural and social diversity in the UK
How might government actions suppress cultural diversity?
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Through restrictive immigration controls and assimilation policies. -
Segregation along the rural-urban continuum, and migration
Explain how internal migration can reinforce segregation between places.
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When particular groups (e.g. affluent families) move to specific areas while others remain, it concentrates similar populations together and increases differences between places. -
Land-use change and tension between residents and newcomers
How can TNCs change land use in ways that affect local people?
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They build supermarkets, warehouses, offices or chain outlets that bring jobs and services but can close independent and ethnic businesses and change the character of a high street.
The 17 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Population structure variation from place to place and over time | Uneven population growth across UK regions, the rural-urban continuum and density, how accessibility, physical factors, historical development and planning shape density and structure, and how fertility, mortality and international and internal migration change population structure, with London and northern England as contrasts. | 22 |
| Population characteristics variation from place to place and over time | How gender and ethnicity vary within and between settlements, social clustering, how accessibility to cities, terrain, climate and government policy foster or suppress cultural diversity, and how fertility, mortality and international and internal migration change the cultural characteristics of places over time. | 19 |
| Global, national and regional influences on place | How TNCs, global economic shifts, immigration, emigration and international trade shape local places, the influence of national planning, economic policy and infrastructure investment, regional migration, specialisation and proximity to cities, and the growing role of TNCs and IGOs. | 13 |
| How places are represented in film, art, music and media | How photography, film, art, literature, music and social media represent places in ways that contrast with formal statistics, GIS for representing place data, and what social media reveals about how residents feel and how demographic and cultural characteristics shape place identity. | 19 |
| Continuity and change in demographic and cultural character | Continuity and change in the demographic and cultural characteristics of a place, how density, population turnover, demographic structure and cultural change affect services, social networks, jobs, identity and belonging, and how first-generation migrants, later generations and older residents experience a diverse area as it changes. | 17 |
| Urban places viewed differently by different groups | Victorian London and the view of cities as dangerous, why young people and migrants find urban places attractive, crime, environmental quality, population and reputation in perceptions of undesirability, how age, ethnicity and life-cycle stage shape views of suburbs and inner cities, lived experience and perception of place, GIS mapping of crime, and interviews with residents. | 20 |
| Idyllic and negative perceptions of rural places | Tranquillity, natural landscapes and historical and cultural associations behind the rural idyll, Thomas Hardy's Wessex as a literary example, why urban and rural residents see the countryside differently, and remoteness, limited social opportunities and services, high transport costs and population characteristics as reasons rural places seem undesirable. | 12 |
| How reputation, media and lived experience shape rural views | How reputation, quantitative data, lived experience and media representation shape negative views of rural places, how very remote areas, retirement villages and commuter villages are perceived, why demographic groups differ in their attitudes, and advertising, tourist agency material and local art as evidence of a rural place's meaning. | 11 |
| Evidence about living spaces, and research ethics | Crime statistics, environmental quality indicators and demographic and population data as evidence about how people view their living spaces, interviews, oral histories, lived experience and community group perspectives, and research ethics including informed consent, anonymity, photography, socio-political consequences and power relationships. | 14 |
| Media and creative sources, coding and sampling | How newspapers, social media, film, photography, art, literature and music shape perceptions of living spaces, why residents, outsiders, interest groups and ethnic communities give contrasting accounts, Spearman's rank and scatter graphs, and coding and sampling in qualitative research, with their opportunities, limitations and effect on the representations produced. | 23 |
| Increasing cultural and social diversity in the UK | What international migrants bring, chain migration, social networks, housing affordability and cultural amenities in social clustering, why diversity varies between places, cultural and social diversity defined, and migration history from the Empire Windrush, the West Indies and the Indian sub-continent through Commonwealth restrictions, EU enlargement in 2004 and Brexit to the Windrush scandal. | 26 |
| What causes segregation | The cultural, economic and social causes of segregation, social clustering, how accessibility, physical geography and government planning and actions foster or suppress diversity, and Southall in west London as an example, with its South Asian settlement, shops, places of worship, leisure and the 1979 clashes. | 20 |
| Segregation along the rural-urban continuum, and migration | How segregation and diversity vary along the rural-urban continuum, how international and internal migration can reinforce or reduce segregation, variation in gender and ethnicity within settlements, using the IMD, and Eastern European migration to rural Lincolnshire, with the census figures, opportunities, social challenges, exploitation and 2016 referendum vote in Boston. | 16 |
| Perceptions of segregated places, and measuring segregation | How perceptions of suburban and inner-city areas differ between demographic groups, how quantitative data, media representation and lived experience shape views and can reinforce or challenge segregation, indexes for measuring diversity and segregation, photographic and map evidence of change, and dot maps with their uses and limitations. | 15 |
| Land-use change and tension between residents and newcomers | How community groups, governments and TNCs change land use, tension between long-term residents and newcomers in Luton and in Sighthill and Pollokshields in Glasgow, and the social exclusion of asylum seekers and migrants. | 17 |
| Measuring integration, and community cohesion in Slough | Political engagement, voter turnout, community groups and falling hate crime as measures of integration and their limits, contrasting newspaper reports, Slough and the Aik Saath peer mediation charity as an example, the community cohesion strategy after the 2001 riots, and why stakeholders disagree over whether cohesion strategies succeed. | 14 |
| Diverse rural communities: the Lake District | The Lake District as an example of a diverse rural community, the National Park Partnership, how young people, older residents, farmers and ethnic minority groups view it as a living space, strategies to make national parks more inclusive, housing for local people, and the effects of World Heritage status. | 8 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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