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Changing Places Flashcards

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Accessibility

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How easy it is to travel to a place or interact with an individual

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Attachment

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A sense of binding to a particular location due to positive and intense experiences

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Built environment

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The buildings and infrastructure within an urban area

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Capital

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Productive assets, goods or financial stakes

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Commuter

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An individual who regularly travels a distance between their residence and their employment

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Cultural enrichment

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The addition of ideas,traditions and beliefs due to the arrival of new people

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Culture

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The way of life of a particular group of people at a particular time, generally customs and beliefs

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Demographic

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The characteristics of a population

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Deprivation

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Individuals lack basic services or objects they would expect to have in this century

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Diversity

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Variation within a population, in their characteristics, background and behaviour

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Endogenous factors

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Factors based on local characteristics or perspective originating from that place

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Exogenous factors

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Factors based on characteristics or perspective originating from outside that place, commonly referred to as a flow

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Ethnic clustering

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Residential areas with similar cultures, ethnicity or religion. This may be to avoid isolation or to live locally to special services or facilities

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Experienced places

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Locations a person has visited in their lifetime

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Far places

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Places that feel distant, physically or emotionally

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Gentrification

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Renovation of older/deteriorating areas with the aim of attracting high income individuals or elite businesses

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Governance

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The management of a place or group of people

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Inequality

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Differences in income, well being and wealth between individuals, communities and society

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Insiders

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People who feel like they are a ‘part of’ a place; they feel included within the place and have a staring connection to it

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Internal migration

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The movement of people within a country

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International migration

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The movement of people from one country to another

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Lived experience

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The contribution of experiences and opportunities to an individual’s views and values

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Locales

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The locations of different daily activities (e.g. school)

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Media places

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Places an individual hasn’t visited but has a reputation based from media representations

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Near places

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Places that feel close, physically or emotionally

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Outsiders

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People who feel like they are not ‘part of’ a place; they feel isolated and may not feel a strong connection to the place

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Perception

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A person’s view of a place or issue based on feelings, experience and outside forces such as the media

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Placelessness

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Places that lack unique character or reputation, due to chain stores replacing local independent shops or lack of attachment experienced by people visiting the location

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Population density

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Number of people per square kilometre

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Rebranding

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Creating a new look or reputation for an area

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Location

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Where a place is

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Place

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Location with meaning

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Perception of place

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The way in which a place is regarded by people, possibly influenced by media or personal experiences

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Placemaking

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Deliberate shaping of an environment to meet needs for social interaction and improve community’s quality of life

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Sense of place

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Subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place

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Localism

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Love for a particular place

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Clone town

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A town is not significantly different from another

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Homogenised

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To make uniform or similar

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Glocalisation

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Adapting a business to make it do well in another country

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Transition town movement

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Initiative that puts emphasis on community involvement

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NIMBY

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Not in my backyard

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Positionality

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Refers to factors such as gender, race age, religion and socioeconomic status

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Character

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Physical and human features that help make it different from another place

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Agents of change

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The people who impact on a place through working, living or improving the place

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