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1
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What is place?

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A space with a meaning

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What is a space?

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An area with no meaning

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What aare the 3 aspects of a place?

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-location
-locale
-sense of place

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4
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What is placelessness?

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an area that could be anywhere as it lacks uniqueness

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What are the views on meaning of a place?

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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

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What is topophilia/topophobia?

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philia - love of a place
phobia - hate of a place

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What is globalisation?

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The world becoming more interconnected through technology and trade

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What is glocalisation?

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multinational companies adapting to local market place e.g mcdonalds menu

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What are insiders/outsiders?

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insider - people who feel a sense of belonging in their place
outsider - people who feel out of place

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Give an example of a city portrayed as something its not with a source

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New York City - Alicia Keys ‘Empire State of Mind’ shows romanticised version of new york compared to the criminal reality

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What is social and spacial exclusion?

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social - abandoning people/ groups
spatial - abandoning a place/ area

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List social exclusion groups

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-disabled
-homeless
-ethnic minorities
-LGBTQ
-gypsies/travelers

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What is a near place?

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a place that feels like home to someone

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What is a far place?

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places that are seen as foreign and distant to a person#

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What are media places?

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places that people have formed a perception on based off the media
e.g New York

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What are experienced places?

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Places people have had a personal experience in and have formed their own perception on

17
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What factors contribute to character of a place?

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infastructure
wealth
landscape
culture
type of housing

18
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Give an example of a ‘character of a place’ towns in the UK

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Granite City - Aberdeen
Abbotsbury - Dorset

19
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What are endogenous factors + example

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internal factors helping shape a place e.g land use , infastructure

20
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What are exogenous factors + example

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external factors that relate to a place e.g investment, resources, ideas

21
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What are the different types of migrants?

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economic - seeks employment in a country
refugee - a successful asylum seeker that as managed to settle
asylum seeker - fled country usually from war

22
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What was the European migrant crisis?

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2015- reaction to civil war in Syria where over 3 million people travelled in overcrowded boats

23
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What are the implications of migration to a host country?

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pressure on hospitals
increased demand on resources
anti - immigration problems
social divide / discrimination
less availability of jobs
unemployment

24
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What are the implications of migration to a home country?

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loss of qualified workers
loss of culture
pressure to redevelop
abandoned farmlands and buildings

25
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What is placemaking?

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attracting inward investemnt into an area to improve its economy and built environment

26
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What does the government do to encourage placemaking?

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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

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What are the 3 types of reurbanisation?

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re-branding (economic reasons)
re-imaging (cultural reasons)
re-making (social, physical, ecnomic and cultural reasons)

28
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Describe the Big City Plan

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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

29
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Describe a case study of a distant place

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30
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What are gated communities?

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enclosed housing estates where access is strictly controlled

31
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Describe information on migration into the UK between 2004 -2009

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1.5 million people came in - 2/3 of them being Polish due to a ‘free movement agreement’ of the EU

32
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What was the European migrant crisis?

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2015 - in relation to civil war in Syria
refugees and asylum seekers - over 3 million people travelling in overcrowded boats

33
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Describe a case study of a local place

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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

34
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What are examples of lived experience in Birmingham?

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Peaky Blinders (Tv Show)

35
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What are the challanges faced by Birmingham?

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decreasing education success rate in secondary schools
NHS not keeping up to demands of dense population

36
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Describe a case study of a distant place

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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

37
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Examples of lived experience in Dharavi?

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Slumming It (documentary)
Blessing - Imitiaz Dharker (poem)

38
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What are the challanges in Dharavi?

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sanitation - overpopulation with lots of people having waste
employment - 40% unemployed
respiratory problems - 89% deaths
diseases
poor working conditions

39
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What is the Dharavi redevelopment programme?

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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

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