Changing Places Flashcards
Outline endogenous factors and how they contribute to the understanding of place.
Originate internally - can be physical or human
Topography -
The shape of the landscape
Affects other factors such as land use, demographics
Eg, flat land suitable for crop farming whilst mountainous regions suitable for cattle farming.
Physical geography -
Environmental features of a place such as soil and rock type
Affects thing such as the type of industry, the type of farming
Eg, an area rich in natural resources such as coal will have economic characteristics due to industry.
Location -
Where a place is such as inland or coastal
Affects exogenous factors / link with other places
Eg, coastal areas become ports or the main industry is the fishing industry.
Land Use -
The human activities that occur on the land eg, farming, urbanisation, industry
Changes over time eg, deindustrialisation, migration, regeneration
Built environment -
The aspects built by humans eg, transport, communication and services
Infrastructure - eg, New York high rise buildings
Eg, high density cities will have more transport links and services available
Demographic and economic characteristics -
They type of people that live in a place eg, age/gender/ethnicity
Eg, seaside towns often have many older people
Outline the difference between qualitative and quantitative data.
Qualitative:
- Non numerical data
- Such as articles, paintings, statues, interviews
- Subjective data may be biased or inaccurate as is down to interpretations.
- Effective at conveying the sense of a place and emotional impressions a place makes.
Quantitative:
- Quantifiable, numerical data that can be manipulated to extract meaning
- Such as surveys, statistical data, census data
- Objective data so is reliable
- But can be misleading as can be subjective as can select the data to show what they want to show eg, GIS can be quantitative or qualitative data
Outline the difference between experienced and media categories of place.
Experienced Place;
- A place that someone knows because they have lived there and have an understanding of it eg, insider/outsider/lived experience
- Can have been there for a short or long periods of time, but the longer the time the stronger the sense of place
Media Place;
- A place that is known through media eg, such as books, film and tv
- Easier to portray a more biased and stereotypical view of a place
- The media can subconsciously change our perceptions of a place
Outline the concept of place representation.
- How a place is portrayed in society.
- How individuals and organisations portray places.
- Can be influenced by governments, increased investment to attract people.
- Can be influenced by corporations, to generate a profit eg, VisitBritain to promote tourism to the UK.
Outline the concept of a place.
- A location with meaning
- Not necessarily always a fixed place eg, a cruise ship and can be at any scale eg a room or a country.
- The physical characteristics of the landscape (topography, physical features)
- The human characteristics (land use, built environment)
- The sense of place (emotional meaning)
Eastleigh External Agencies - Governments
- Quantitative data - voted the top ten places to live by online estate agent Yopa using data eg, house prices, health, university graduates. Clearly shown on the Eastleigh Council Website
- Rebranding by using heritage art to remind locals of the industrial past (placemaking).
- Commissions artists to design public art eg, Pirelli Arch, Railway Man Statue
- Investments eg, Places Leisure, Swan Centre, Point Theatre
Investment into infrastructure eg, M27
Eastleigh External Agencies - Corporate Bodies
- Marks and Spencers promoted their recently built food hall by saying ‘Eastleigh has become a very sought after location for families and young professionals’.
- Hampshire Life Magazine has said ‘Eastleigh is undergoing a metamorphosis, alongside substantial and ongoing investment’.
Eastleigh External Agencies - Community Groups
- MC Beastly - Swan Centre Song
- ‘H&M,Costa,Mcdonalds’
- Reference to chain stores shows it is becoming homogenised as they are taking over the shopping centre.
- Sense that it has become a clone town and sense of placelessness as it has no unique identity.
Torquay External Agencies - Government
- Regeneration by local government using funding from the national government for ‘The Strand’ - Torquay harbour regeneration to have a more positive perception
- Torquay council uses UNESCO Geopark to promote the town - marketed to all year round resort, all weather to improve place perception.
- Corporations setting up specific campaigns to create prolific eg, VisitBritain to promote tourism.
Torquay External Agencies - Corporate Bodies
- The Tourist Board for Torbay has invested in changing the image by using ‘Agatha Christie’ as a way of promoting out of season holidays
- There is an International Agatha Christie festival every September
- Award winning English Riviera Palm Design by John Gorham used on the bands ‘Metronomy’ cover of The Bay
Torquay External Agencies - Community Groups
- Community project of ‘The Tale’, an immersive arts trail across Torbay used to show what Torbay is like in the present day.
