You might have tried this but like when you use the textbook there are lots of different things you can break down to learn. I imagine in the exam a lot of marks will come from just discussing these things and explaining how they work and then also answering the question.
Place Profiles Learn the 6 place profiles:
1.Political
2.Cultural
3.Socio-economic
4.Demographic
5. Natural environment
6. Physical environment
In an exam you might be asked to explain one of these or look at a source and explain the place profile using those 6 factors.
For the case study that goes with this I'll give you the link to my quizlet of number facts for it (which also includes the other case studies and general facts) I think I've gone and starred the number ones which means you can play the gravity game which is fantastic for drilling in the numbers you might want to quote in a question
https://quizlet.com/_3568k6 If it doesn't let you access it without permission request for it and i'll accept your request to use it on quizlet.
PerceptionAgain similar in some ways to the place profiles there are 6 factors they want you to learn for perception which in a question you can discuss all of or the ones you feel are most important or in a figure explain what factors of perception might affect how a person perceives a certain location e.g. a wall of graffiti or play park or a church
1. Age
2. Gender
3. Sexuality
4. Religion
5. Role in Society
6. Emotional Attachment to a place
Another part is the impact on globalisation and how the time-space compression is influencing how people percieve a place so in a question you can mention that too.
Representation of PlaceTry and list as many examples of formal and informal representations of place and if you're not doing the past paper for AS from last year see if your teacher can get up the mark scheme from both the papers as there were 2 questions i think about 8 marks each on informal representation - one was synoptic one was a source in changing spaces as I myself find representation difficult to understand how to apply in a question so my advice is to use that past paper (which only teachers have access to) to work out what it is from representation you might be asked questions on.
Social InequalityCan be measured using the indices of
1. Housing
2. Employment
3. Access to Services
4. Education
5. Income (linked to employment really)
Which again learn and discuss those factors in questions
I'd reccomend learning the definitions of
Spatial InequalityQuality of LifeStandard of LivingAs well as the 7 factors involved in Deprivation and discussing the cycle of deprivation
(1. housing
2. employment
3. access to services
4. crime rates
5. environmental quality
6. education
7. income
Ik know this might all seem a bit daunting but in the questions you'll be asked such as this one I've taken straight of the spec paper
"Explain the types of evidence that could be used to show social inequality. [4] " That's 1 mark for explaining breifly about how to measure housing (quality or % rented / owned) , education (e.g. % of 16+ with a levels), access to services (doctors per person) and employment/income (household income). Which you'll know if you've revised the things I've just mentioned.
I'm not going to go on cus whilst there's still a lot there you'll find there are similar lists of factors to talk about in terms of
- Players
- Rebranding
- Placemaking processes
Another thing you can do is use random photos from places and analyse what is in them in a geographical sense such as a photo of the olympic park and label it with how it's been rebranded, if you can see litter/graffiti, perhaps that it's a brown field site etc.
again long winded but I hope this helps
Lii xx