Changing Places Flashcards
What is accessibility
How easy it is to travel to a place or interact with an individual.
What is attachment?
A sense of binding to a particular location due to positive and intense
experiences.
What is the built environment
The buildings and infrastructure within an urban area.
What is cultural enrichment
The addition of ideas, traditions and beliefs due to arrival of new people
What is diversity
Variation within a population
What are endogenous factors
Factors affecting a place that have originated internally
What are examples of endogenous factors
Land use
Topography
Economic characteristics
Location
Physical geography
Built environment
What is ethnic clustering
Residential areas with similar cultures, ethnicity or religions.
What are exogenous factors
Factors affecting a place that have originated externally
What are experienced places
Locations a person has physically visited
What are far places
Places that feel distant both physically or emotionally
What is gentrification
Renovation of older/deteriorating buildings or areas with the aim of attracting high-income individuals
What are insiders
People who feel they are part of a place and have a strong connection with it
What is lived experience
The contribution of experiences and opportunities to an individual’s
views and values.
What are Locales
Locations of different daily activities
What are media places
Places people haven’t physically been to, but has a reputation based off the media
What are near places
Places that feel close both physically and emotionally
What are outsiders
People who feel they are not part of a place and don’t have a strong connection to the place
What is placelessness
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.
What is rebranding
Creating a new look or reputation for an area
What are the 7 factors of positionality
Gender
Race
Religion
Age
Sexuality
Socio-economic status
Level of education
What are the 5 main factors that affect relationships and connections between people and place
People
Resources
Money
Investment
Ideas
What external forces affect places
Local communities
National government
International institutions
Local government
Transnational corporations
Individuals
Global institutions
How much did the population of Detroit increase by from 1900-1950
Roughly 2 million
what flows affected the people in Detroit
People
Money
Ideas
Investment
Resources
How did flows of people affect Detroit
Many African Americans migrated into Detroit
African Americans made up 3/4 of the population
White flight - many people moved to the suburbs for a better quality of life
How did flows of money affect Detroit
Instituted a wage of 5 dollars a day instead
of 9 dollars a week
Lead to more wealth
Which lead to more African Americans moving to Detroit
What were the flows of Ideas in Detroit
Motor city
Henry Ford mass production line
The Big 3 - Ford, Chrysler and General motors
Shared ideas between the big 3
What were the flows of investment within Detroit
Invested in infrastructure and services
Metro
Chrysler tech centre
Fox theatre
Reconnaissance Building
What were the flows of resources in Detroit
Open spaces required cars to get between places
Detroit river allowed them to transport goods
Rich iron ore reserve
What is Detroit’s population
700,000
Why did Detroit’s economy start to decline
Asian companies started to manufacture more affordable and desirable cars
This lead to Car factories closing down, putting thousands out of work
The Big 3 restricted entrepeneurship
Why did crime rates increase in Detroit
Lack of Jobs meant people moved to a life of crime to get money and items
Detroit became known as Crime capital of America
Why did segregation increase in Detroit
The cities troubles encouraged many of the whites to move to the suburbs (white flight)
This lead to separation of the rich and poor and the blacks and whites
This segregation eventually lead to race riots
What were the endogenous factors of Detroit
- Topography – canals and rivers
-Economic characteristic – rust belt - Land use – derelict buildings
What were the exogenous of Detroit
The great migration
Exporting cars overseas
Flows of money overseas
How did Detroit rebrand
Detroit rebranded using non traditional
methods such as podcasts and social media. The aim was to increase tourism through flagships developments and hosting sporting events such as the Superbowl.
What was the economic state of Detroit after the decline
City operated at 300 million dollars short of sustainability
36% of population didn’t pay taxes
Houses sold for 1 dollar
What is re-imagining
Trying to dissociate a place from bad images in the past
What was the aim in rebranding Liverpool
Increase tourism
Improve education
Regenerate the Albert docks
Regenerate run down areas
