Changing Places Flashcards

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Accessibility

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How easy it is to travel to a place.

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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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e 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 influx 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 the 21st Century

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Diversity

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Variation in characteristics, background and behaviour within a population.

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Endogenous Factor

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Factors originate internally, including topography, physical geography, built environment, infrastructure, and economic and demographic characteristics of an area.

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Ethnicity

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The cultural background of a group of people, often based on religion or country of origin.

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Ethnic Clustering

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Residential areas with similar cultures, ethnicity or religions. This may be to avoid isolation or to live locally to special services and facilities (places of worship, local shops, etc.)

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Exogenous Factor

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  • Factors originate externally. Relationships with other places, which are flows of ideas, people, resources, capital.
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Far Places

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Places that feel physically or emotionally distant

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Genius Loci

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The ‘spirit’ of a place, based on its history, culture and daily atmosphere.

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Gentrification -

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Renovation of older/deteriorating buildings or areas with the aim of attracting high-income individuals or elite businesses to a place

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Governance

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The management of a place or group of people.

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Idyll

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A location with ideal living conditions and good qualities. Often based on a perception.

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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 “part of” a place. They feel included and have a strong connection to it.

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Internal Migration

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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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Life Expectancy

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The average number of years an individual is likely to live. It is determined at birth.

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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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  • Locations of different daily activities, e.g. school, theatre, shops, etc.
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Media

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The publishing of information and production of entertainment (e.g. BBC, local newspapers, radio stations).

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Media Places

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  • Places an individual hasn’t visited but has a reputation based on media representation.
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Multicultural

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The existence, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single geographic area.

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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; feel isolated and don’t have a strong connection to the place

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Perception

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  • A person’s view of a place 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 a lack of attachment experienced by people visiting the location

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Population Density -

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The 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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Segregation

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The separation of a group from other groups through force or voluntarily. Segregation can often occur due to housing strategies or regeneration projects.

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Social Clustering -

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  • Groups of people with similar backgrounds frequently living together
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Social Exclusion

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The inability of a group of people to become involved in the cultural activities of a place.

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‘The Other’

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People of different backgrounds or identity to an individual

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Urbanisation -

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An increase in the proportion (%) of a population living within urban areas.