changing places Flashcards

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what is a place?

A

location with meanings

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2
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location definition

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physical location

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3
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what is a sense of place?

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subjective emotional attachment to a place

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4
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what is placelessness?

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suggests that a place is not unique

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5
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what is the importance fo place (4)?

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  • forms an identity
  • feeling connected
  • sense of belonging
  • relates to aspect of their life
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6
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what is a near place ?

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geographically close, everyday visit

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what is a far place?

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distance place

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how do near places link with experience?

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  • spend time

- influenced bu people visiting

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how do far places link with media?

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-not been but experienced through media (happening more with globalisation)

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10
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what are endogenous factors?

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internal factors which shape a place?

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what are the 7 endogenous characteristics of a place?

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  • 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)
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what are the 4 characteristics of a place?

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  • cultural
  • demographic
  • economic
  • social inequalities
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what are cultural characteristics? 4

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-language
-beliefs
-food
-music
HOW

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what are demographic characteristics of a place?

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  • stats that illustrate people
  • people/ age/ sex/ race
  • WHO
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what are economic characteristics of place?

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  • income
    -employment
    -jobs
    WORK/MONEY
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what are social inequalities of place?

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  • differences in groups of people

- health care/ education/ access to services

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how can shifting flows of people shape a place demographically/ culturally?

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  • migrants may be younger to find work (lowering average age)
  • new cultural characteristics (spark-hill)
18
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how can shifting flows of people shape a place £/ socially?

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  • migrants- demand services
  • tourism- increases jobs
  • areas become less deprived
  • gentrification increases gap
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how can shifting flows of resources shape a place demographically/ culturally?

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  • population services

- media- idea over climate change

20
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how can shifting flows of resources shape a place £/socially?

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  • flows of resources out/ manufacturing (Detroit cars)
  • create jobs
  • ideas can be restricted e.g. china fire wall
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how can shifting flows of money/investment shape a place demographically/ culturally?

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  • new housing development encourages new demographic i.e east village
  • new demographic bring own culture
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how can shifting flows of money/investment shape a place £ /socially?

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  • regeneration increases jobs
  • tourism- investment into area
  • investment in infrastructure can reduces social deprivation
  • investment out can increase deprivation and lead to employment
23
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in the PAST how did places connect?

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through trade- world cities and urbanisation

24
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in the PRESENT how to places connect locally?

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rural- urban migration

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in the PRESENT how do places connect globally? 3
- internet connection - financial banking centres - trade blocs- EU
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explain Doreen massey's layers through globalisation of place?
- clone town/placelessness - high streets (Zara costa) - unemployment (online shopping)
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how can development of place create meaning?
- historical development (links past/present/future connection) - regeneration/ industrialisation/ deindustrialisation
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how can place attachment create meaning of place?
- emotional attachment (perception) | - pos/neg experiences change place attachment
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what are the three external agencies?
government corporate bodies (TNCs) local groups
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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)
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in what ways do these external agencies work?
- top down (gov) - partnership (all) - bottom up approach (local) (community celebration )
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these actions from external agencies change place meaning what is the effect of this?
- changing demographic - increasing/ decreasing employment - conflict - resistance
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how are places represented formally?
- cencus - population data - IMD - police - cartography
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how are places represented informally?
-newspapers -photographs -songs textual sources -TV/film -art -graffiti
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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
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what are clone towns?
the sense of place is similar or the same in a different location due to the dominance of chain shops.
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what is Topophilia?
the love of a place and having strong attachment to it
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what is topophobia?
the dislike of a place
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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