changing places Flashcards
What is place?
A space with a meaning
What is a space?
An area with no meaning
What aare the 3 aspects of a place?
-location
-locale
-sense of place
What is placelessness?
an area that could be anywhere as it lacks uniqueness
What are the views on meaning of a place?
Descriptive - world is a set of places that are all distinct and can be studied
Social constructionist - place as a product of social processes at a particular time
Phenomenological - how an individual experiences a place
What is topophilia/topophobia?
philia - love of a place
phobia - hate of a place
What is globalisation?
The world becoming more interconnected through technology and trade
What is glocalisation?
multinational companies adapting to local market place e.g mcdonalds menu
What are insiders/outsiders?
insider - people who feel a sense of belonging in their place
outsider - people who feel out of place
Give an example of a city portrayed as something its not with a source
New York City - Alicia Keys ‘Empire State of Mind’ shows romanticised version of new york compared to the criminal reality
What is social and spacial exclusion?
social - abandoning people/ groups
spatial - abandoning a place/ area
List social exclusion groups
-disabled
-homeless
-ethnic minorities
-LGBTQ
-gypsies/travelers
What is a near place?
a place that feels like home to someone
What is a far place?
places that are seen as foreign and distant to a person#
What are media places?
places that people have formed a perception on based off the media
e.g New York
What are experienced places?
Places people have had a personal experience in and have formed their own perception on
What factors contribute to character of a place?
infastructure
wealth
landscape
culture
type of housing
Give an example of a ‘character of a place’ towns in the UK
Granite City - Aberdeen
Abbotsbury - Dorset
What are endogenous factors + example
internal factors helping shape a place e.g land use , infastructure
What are exogenous factors + example
external factors that relate to a place e.g investment, resources, ideas
What are the different types of migrants?
economic - seeks employment in a country
refugee - a successful asylum seeker that as managed to settle
asylum seeker - fled country usually from war
What was the European migrant crisis?
2015- reaction to civil war in Syria where over 3 million people travelled in overcrowded boats
What are the implications of migration to a host country?
pressure on hospitals
increased demand on resources
anti - immigration problems
social divide / discrimination
less availability of jobs
unemployment
What are the implications of migration to a home country?
loss of qualified workers
loss of culture
pressure to redevelop
abandoned farmlands and buildings
What is placemaking?
attracting inward investemnt into an area to improve its economy and built environment
What does the government do to encourage placemaking?
events- e.g becoming and EU city
legacy - continue regenration from sporting events
flagship development - large scale one-off projects
top-down - partnerships between local authority and private investors
What are the 3 types of reurbanisation?
re-branding (economic reasons)
re-imaging (cultural reasons)
re-making (social, physical, ecnomic and cultural reasons)
Describe the Big City Plan
rebranding motto of ‘learning and technology’
-developed Matthew Boulton College and Think Tank
-50,000 jobs provided
- £2.1 billion added to the economy
-£600 million investement into New Street Station
-new leisure centre and cultural attractions
Describe a case study of a distant place
What are gated communities?
enclosed housing estates where access is strictly controlled
Describe information on migration into the UK between 2004 -2009
1.5 million people came in - 2/3 of them being Polish due to a ‘free movement agreement’ of the EU
What was the European migrant crisis?
2015 - in relation to civil war in Syria
refugees and asylum seekers - over 3 million people travelling in overcrowded boats
Describe a case study of a local place
Birmingham, West Midlands , UK
-2nd largest city in the UK
-good connections to other cities
-flat topography provides easy to expand
-economy based in the retail sectors e.g Bullring and Jewerlly Quarter
-very multi-cultural e.g China Town or Polish Millenium House
-has 5 universities
urbanised city due to its move from deindustrialisation
What are examples of lived experience in Birmingham?
Peaky Blinders (Tv Show)
What are the challanges faced by Birmingham?
decreasing education success rate in secondary schools
NHS not keeping up to demands of dense population
Describe a case study of a distant place
Dharavi - Mumbai
began as a fishing village
2.39 sq km with population of 1M
one of world’s largest slums
redevelopment plan put in place by american architect - plans to build roads, homes and schools
Examples of lived experience in Dharavi?
Slumming It (documentary)
Blessing - Imitiaz Dharker (poem)
What are the challanges in Dharavi?
sanitation - overpopulation with lots of people having waste
employment - 40% unemployed
respiratory problems - 89% deaths
diseases
poor working conditions
What is the Dharavi redevelopment programme?
Rehousing Dharavi’s residents into tower block apartments
free up slum land for private developments
However Unacceptable it was unacceptable to Dharavi residents since livelihood depended on Dharavi’s sprawling layout
