Changing places Flashcards
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What can form a place?
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- sense of place
> emotional attachment to a place - location
> where the place is on a physical map - locale
> where a place is set, or an event which is associated with the place
2
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What is perception of place?
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- the way a place is viewed
> influences by media representation or personal experience
3
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How can the aspect of a place change over time?
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- physical characteristics
> changes to the land - human characteristics
> people can migrate in which can effect character - Flows in and out of the place
> investment or disinvestment in the area - Sense of place
> how the feelings/attachment to the place changes
4
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What is the difference of an insider vs and outsider in perception of place?
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- Insider is familiar with the place
> them or their parents born in the place
> a permanent resident of the place
> will know the local language
> will understand the unspoken rules and local norms
> will feel secure, happy or at home - outsider is not familiar with the place
> not born in the country, immigrant
> temporary visitor
> won’t know the local idioms
> will make faux paus or misunderstand social interactions
> don’t feel that they belong or out of place
5
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How would someone’s positionality be different about a place?
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- positionality is factors like age, gender, ethnicity, religion, politics, socio-economic status
- attachment or meaning may be different depending on the person
6
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How does distance change the perception of place
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- near place is close geographically
> may feel connected emotionally as there have been time spent there
> may not feel connected as the place could be culturally, or economically different from where you live/are - far place is far geographically
> may not feel connected as there is no memories/perception of the place, feel like an outsider
> may feel connected if grown up in but moved away
7
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How has globalisation altered our perception of near and far places?
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- globalisation is the process of the world’s economies/ politics and cultures becoming more closely integrated
- travel has improved so more places can be experience
- ICT has improves so people can be more connected with far places due to media
> seems less different - people can be connected though the internet
> connected to people and activities across the globe - global companies can mean that far places have similar feelings with near places
- placelessness
> how globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same, clone towns
8
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What is the difference of experienced vs media places?
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- experienced places are places where you have spent time
- media places are places which have only been experienced through reading/shows/movies
9
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What are the two types of factors which shape a place’s character?
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- endogenous: internal factors which shape a places character
-exogenous: external factors which shape a places character
10
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What are endogenous factors which effect a place’s character?
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- physical geography
> relief, altitude, aspect, drainage, soil, rock type
> Granite city of Aberdeen vs limestone cottages in Abbotsbury in Dorset or Oxford stone in Oxford - location
> urban vs rural, proximity to other cities and main roads, physical features like the coastline - built environment
> land use, age and type of housing, building materials, building density, infrastructure - demographic factors
> population size and structure - mobility of the population
> work or leisure - cultural factors
> heritage, religion, language - socio-economic factors
> employment, education, income, health, crime rates, local societies, well-fair
11
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What are the exogenous factors which can shape a place’s character?
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- relative location to other places
- tourism
- flows of investment
- migration
12
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What is globalisation?
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- the growing interdependence of countries worldwide though increased movement and exchange of people, goods, services, money, and ideas
13
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What is the tourist gaze?
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- visitors will have different perceptions due to their positionality
- Effected by mediators who will influence what is seen by visitors
14
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How can different representations of a place be different?
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- influenced by people’s perception
> how the media is portraying the place
>mediators influencing what is seen by visitors
15
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How can flows of people effect the character of a place? (THIS IS TAKEN FROM QUESTIONS AND MY OWN KNOWLEDGE PLEASE CHECK)
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- people bring over their culture and language
> have a community of people from the same country like China town
> large number of people in an area are speaking another language - people will bring over their food and businesses
> the large number of curry restaurants in Manchester known as the Cutty Mile in Rushdome - people may send remittances back to their origin country which can strengthen economic ties between the two countries
16
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How can links between other cities effect the character of place? (THIS IS TAKEN FROM QUESTIONS AND MY OWN KNOWLEDGE PLEASE CHECK)
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- people may have secondary homes in the area
- Helford passage in Cornwall has many homes bought by people who live in London
- this then causes services to change depending on the peak times of travel
> empty homes for large portions of the year - may mean local businesses are unable to stay open as there is not enough support from locals all year round
- ‘tourist’ stores will open up and buy out local stores
- wealthy people moving in may an increase in house price and force locals to move out of the area
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How can investments change the character of a place? (THIS IS TAKEN FROM QUESTIONS AND MY OWN KNOWLEDGE PLEASE CHECK)
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- investments from TNCS and chain stores
- causes homogenisation of the town centres
> many of the same large chain stores - causes a lost of the character of the place
> Clone town - may cause an increase in price and force locals to move out of the area
18
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What are Prince Charles’ ten architectural principles?
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- Developments must respect the land: they should not be intrusive and should fit the landscape they occupy
- Architecture is a language: new designs should abide by grammatical rules to avoid dissonance with existing structures.
- Scale is also key: new buildings should respect both the human scale and the scale of the surrounding buildings.
- Harmony − the playing together of all parts: richness comes from diversity, but buildings should be in tune with their neighbours.
- The creation of well-designed enclosures: enclosed spaces are both more visually satisfying and encourage walking.
- Materials also matter: materials should be natural and local, drawing on traditional local styles
- Signs, lights and utilities. They can be easily overused: it is possible instead to control traffic using ‘events’ in the road layout which cause drivers to slow down
- The pedestrian must be at the centre of the design process: streets must be reclaimed from the car.
- Density: though density is critical, it can be achieved through traditional typologies such as the terrace or the mansion block.
Flexibility: rigid conventional planning should be avoided in favour of flexible schemes.
