changing places Flashcards
what is a place?
location with meanings
location definition
physical location
what is a sense of place?
subjective emotional attachment to a place
what is placelessness?
suggests that a place is not unique
what is the importance fo place (4)?
- forms an identity
- feeling connected
- sense of belonging
- relates to aspect of their life
what is a near place ?
geographically close, everyday visit
what is a far place?
distance place
how do near places link with experience?
- spend time
- influenced bu people visiting
how do far places link with media?
-not been but experienced through media (happening more with globalisation)
what are endogenous factors?
internal factors which shape a place?
what are the 7 endogenous characteristics of a place?
- location (where a place is- well connected?)
- topography (shape of land)
- phys geo (drainage/ climate/ altitude)
- land use (human activity)
- built environment (transport)
- infrastructure (connections)
- demographic + £ characteristics (who lives there/ jobs)
what are the 4 characteristics of a place?
- cultural
- demographic
- economic
- social inequalities
what are cultural characteristics? 4
-language
-beliefs
-food
-music
HOW
what are demographic characteristics of a place?
- stats that illustrate people
- people/ age/ sex/ race
- WHO
what are economic characteristics of place?
- income
-employment
-jobs
WORK/MONEY
what are social inequalities of place?
- differences in groups of people
- health care/ education/ access to services
how can shifting flows of people shape a place demographically/ culturally?
- migrants may be younger to find work (lowering average age)
- new cultural characteristics (spark-hill)
how can shifting flows of people shape a place £/ socially?
- migrants- demand services
- tourism- increases jobs
- areas become less deprived
- gentrification increases gap
how can shifting flows of resources shape a place demographically/ culturally?
- population services
- media- idea over climate change
how can shifting flows of resources shape a place £/socially?
- flows of resources out/ manufacturing (Detroit cars)
- create jobs
- ideas can be restricted e.g. china fire wall
how can shifting flows of money/investment shape a place demographically/ culturally?
- new housing development encourages new demographic i.e east village
- new demographic bring own culture
how can shifting flows of money/investment shape a place £ /socially?
- regeneration increases jobs
- tourism- investment into area
- investment in infrastructure can reduces social deprivation
- investment out can increase deprivation and lead to employment
in the PAST how did places connect?
through trade- world cities and urbanisation
in the PRESENT how to places connect locally?
rural- urban migration
in the PRESENT how do places connect globally? 3
- internet connection
- financial banking centres
- trade blocs- EU
explain Doreen massey’s layers through globalisation of place?
- clone town/placelessness
- high streets (Zara costa)
- unemployment (online shopping)
how can development of place create meaning?
- historical development (links past/present/future connection)
- regeneration/ industrialisation/ deindustrialisation
how can place attachment create meaning of place?
- emotional attachment (perception)
- pos/neg experiences change place attachment
what are the three external agencies?
government
corporate bodies (TNCs)
local groups
how can these external agencies change place meaning?
- place marketing (branding + sales strategies (‘I Amsterdam’)
- reimagining (changes neg experience of place to pos (Brighton PRIDE))
- rebranding (redevloed and marketed so a place gets a new identity (included place marketing/reimagining) (stratford)
in what ways do these external agencies work?
- top down (gov)
- partnership (all)
- bottom up approach (local) (community celebration )
these actions from external agencies change place meaning what is the effect of this?
- changing demographic
- increasing/ decreasing employment
- conflict
- resistance
how are places represented formally?
- cencus
- population data
- IMD
- police
- cartography
how are places represented informally?
-newspapers
-photographs
-songs
textual sources
-TV/film
-art
-graffiti
how can the informal representation of a place represent a different image of place?
- a lot more subjective to a person
- visual representation (really good/ really bad)
- personal
what are clone towns?
the sense of place is similar or the same in a different location due to the dominance of chain shops.
what is Topophilia?
the love of a place and having strong attachment to it
what is topophobia?
the dislike of a place
what are the characteristics of a person that feels at home with a place?
- hold citizenship for a place
- born there/live there
- fluent in local lang an conform with idioms
- conforms with social norms and behavioral traits common in that place
