| Biodiversity |
Indicating or involving life or living organisms.
Flora/Fauna etc.
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| Dependency Ratio: |
Ratio of those aged less than 15 years and
over 65 years to the total population.
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| Deprivation Scale: |
The Haase Index of Relative Affluence and Deprivaiton
is a composite index based on the 1996 census of population. It shows
the relative deprivation for each of the 3421 District Electoral devisions
(DEDs) on a scale of 1 to 10 with a score of 10 indicating that a
DED is among the most disadvantaged decile. The index utilises data
measuring social class, education, unemployment, as well as the age
dependency ratio and the proportion of small farmers in all occupations.
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| Functional Area: |
Functional areas are defined in the National Spatial
Strategy. A total of twelve functional areas are defined. Kerry, together
with parts of Limerick and Cork are defined as the South West functional
area. Functional areas have characteristics in terms of the social
and economic relationships such as patterns or journeys to work and
catchment for shopping, social facilities and amenities or schools.
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| Gateway: |
The National Development Plan has identified Dublin,
Cork, Limerick/Shannon, Galway and Waterford as existing gateways.
The National Spatial Strategy proposes the development of a further
three/four gateways. Gateways are seen as centres which have a strategic
location relative to a surrounding area. They possess good social
and economic infrastructure and support services and have the ability
to energise their surrounding zones of influence through, for example,
good transporting etc.
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| National Spatial Strategy: |
This is a Strategy being developed by Government which
is about people and places/the places where people live, the places
where they work, and how people move between one and the other. It
is also about how we utilise, to best effect, the territory of the
state and its land and sea resources.
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| Social Exclusion: |
This is a term to describe marginalisation from employment,
income, social networks such as family, neighbourhood and community,
decision making and from an adequate quality of life.
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| Spatial Development: |
This refers to the location of development
activity, industrial, tourism, residential, retail, leisure etc. and
the nature of transport connections between locations.
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| Standardised Mortality Rate |
Crude death rates for different populations
cannot be properly compared because of different age profiles. One
method used to allow for this is the use of direct methods of standardisation.
Age specific mortality rates of a region are compared to the corresponding
age groups in a standard. This yields the number of deaths that would
occur in that standard population if it were subject to the mortality
rates prevailing in each region. Usually the national population is
used as the standard population. Comparison in direct standardised
mortality rates (DSMR) can then be made more easily.
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| Standardised Mortality Ratio |
The standardised mortality ratio is the ratio of the
number of
observed deaths in a study population to the number of expected deaths.
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| Strategy: |
A long-term plan, a vision for the future. It is a fundamental
framework through which an organisation can assert its continuity,
while at the same time adapting to a changing environment. The ultimate
objective of a Strategy is to address stakeholders benefits.
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| Support Ratio: |
Ratio of those aged over 15 years and less than 65 years
to the total population.
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| Sustainable Development: |
Sustainable Development is about a more inclusive society,
which provides for better protection of the environment and use of
natural resources, and shares the benefits of economic growth as widely
as possible. It is about achieving a better quality of life.
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| Topics, settings and Population Group Approach: |
These terms are used to describe how health promotion
is approached. Health promotion can take three approaches, topics,
settings and population groups. Topics could include Physical Activity,
Nutrition or Smoking. An example of setting are in schools, at work
and in the community. Population groups could be youth, teenagers,
middle aged older persons. A mixture of these three approaches are
usually used in a promotional campaign. For example, the topic could
be smoking, the setting work, targeted at the middle aged population
group.
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