Population- All the inhabitants that live in a particular area.
Underpopulated- Somewhere having an insufficient or low population.
Overpopulated- Somewhere having an excessively large population.
Birth rate- The amount of people born per thousand per year.
Death rate- The amount of deaths per thousand per year.
Natural increase- Difference between the amount of births and deaths each year where there are more births.
Migration- People moving to live in another country.
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1801:
Population: 345
INFO: Ihabitants who lived there were all farmers.
1846:
Population:600
INFO: Railway was built because it was more popular. Expanded.
1960:
Population: 740
INFO: A45 widened commuting to B-St-E was easier. More arrived.
1991:
Population: 2610
INFO: Few people worked there. More people worked in city away THURSTON. Local stores closed.
2003:
Population:5000
INFO: Very popular but no one worked there and there were no shops.
Finally, GIBBLET, the beautiful town, became suburbanised, where rural area like GIBBLET become more urban, like a city.
The commuters did not use the local convenience stores but used city superstores in the cities in which they worked in with cheaper prices and more choice. More people lived there but no one used them so they eventually became too expensive to run.
Gibblet used to be a beautiful village, one day it got really popular so loads of people started to live there. Lots of commuters had houses built for them so house princes increased!
Low-order services- Small shops that sell convenience items that people wouldn’t travel far for e.g. newspapers, not particularly expensive or special food or drink items including alcohol, magazines, books, cleaning items, stationary, household first aid items, pet food and a post office etc.
High-order services- Shops that you would travel a long way for e.g. jewellery shops containing expensive metals like gold, platinum and silver etc, precious gems like diamonds etc, expensive, high quality clothing, expensive alcohol, expensive food and technology etc.
Sphere of influence- Sphere of influence is the population of people or amount of people that visit somewhere every day. This is important because this number depends if shops are built.
Threshold- The difference between low and high order services e.g. the Savoy has a higher threshold than M&S.
Range- The distance someone is willing to travel to get to a high or low convenience store.
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