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Contrasting place study - demographic and cultural changes/economic change and social inequalities
Online Lesson | 16 Dec 2026 | Start: 18:00 | DURATION: 1 HOUR Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- The demographic and cultural characteristics or the economic and social inequalities of their distant place.
- How online mapping tools and GIS can be a powerful way of displaying geographical data.
- How we can draw some understanding of the character of a place through study of indicator data.
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Course Module: Changing places (Autumn 2) | Lesson Contrasting place study - demographic and cultural changes/economic change and social inequalities:
Online Lesson | 16 Dec 2026 | Start: 18:00 | DURATION: 1 HOUR
Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- The demographic and cultural characteristics or the economic and social inequalities of their distant place.
- How online mapping tools and GIS can be a powerful way of displaying geographical data.
- How we can draw some understanding of the character of a place through study of indicator data.
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