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Changing Places Flashcards

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What is place

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Place is location with meaning
3 elements: location, locale, sense of place

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Define location

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A point in space where something is, coordinates on a map

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Define locale

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A place where something happens or is set or has certain events associated with it.
Broader context of a place.

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Define sense of place

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The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place, developed through knowledge or experience of the place

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What factors influence place meaning

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. Knowledge
. Age
. Gender
. Memories
. Religion/ culture
. Experience
. Socio-economic status

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Define Topophillia

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The strong bond and attachment between people and place

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Define Placelessness

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Places that lack sense of place and have little individuality or identity

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What are the 3 main approaches to the study of place ?

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The Descriptive approach
The Social construction approach
The Phenomenological approach

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What’s the Descriptive approach?

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Describes the physical aspects of the area and its characteristics. The world’s full of places, and each is different.

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What’s the social constructionist approach

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Considers the history of a place, whys it there, and what social processes help to create the place

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What’s the phenominalogical approach ?

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How an individual experiences a place, the personal relationship between person and place

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What is placemaking ?

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The deliberate shaping of an environment to improve a community’s quality of life and social interaction

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What are some scales of place ?

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Localism
Regionalism
Nationalism
Globalism

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What’s positionally ?

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Factors about an individual that impact their sense of place
E.g there level of experience

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Define insider perspective

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The point of view from an individual within a place that has an experience of it.
You understand the normal and unspoken rules of the place.

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Define outsider perspective

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Viewpoint of an individual that isn’t from/hasn’t lived in a place so has little to no experience of it.
They aren’t aware of the norms, customs or unspoken rules.

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What are clones towns ?

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Clone towns have lots of chain businesses like Costa instead of independent ones. They have lots of similar shops to other places, so look the same (clone). They lose individuality and identity. It’s from the globalisation of urban areas.

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Define globalisation

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The way that people have become more interconnected, trade and communication.
Places have become homogenised

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Define glocalisation

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Places that are resistant to globalisation and homogenising and some TNCs have adapted to place culture and norms

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What are the 6 different classifications of place ?

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  • near place
  • far place
  • experienced place
  • media place
  • private place
  • ## public place
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Define Far places

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Places that are geographically far away or emotionally far away (lack connection with no experience of the place).

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Give an example of a far place

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Africa is geographically far away and emotionally far away because I’ve never been there.

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Define Near places

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Places that are geographically close to you or places that have an emotional connection and are emotionally close to yo.

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Give an example of near places

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The local park is near to you and your childhood home is emotionally near to you.

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What’s an experienced place ?

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A place where someone has spent time and had an experience, have memories of it.

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Give an example of an experienced place

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A theme park like Thorpe Park is an experienced place because you have been there and have memories of it.

27
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Define Media places

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A place that you haven’t physically been to but have seen or read through media: social media, newspaper, websites, film …

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Give an example of a media place

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The eiffel Tower, because you haven’t been there, but you’ve seen it in films

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Define and give an example ofprivate places

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A place we become attached to, like our home or our phone

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Define and give an example of public spaces

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Places that are accessible to everyone like a shopping centre.

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What’s the difference between media places and experienced place ?

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EQ
What’s the difference between near and far places ?

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EQ
What’s the difference between near and far places ?

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34
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Define endogenous factors

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The characteristics of a place itself that originate from within (internally).

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Give examples of Endogenous factors

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Socioeconomic characteristics
Demographic characteristics
Infrastructure
Topography (shape of land)
Physical geography
Land use
Location
Built environment

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Define Exogenous factors

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Factors that are caused externally and are flows.

37
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Give examples of Exogenous factors

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Flow of people - migration

Flow of money and investment - economic and trade

Flow of ideas - design, invention

Flow of resources - materials, e.g, for buildings

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What’s the demographic impact of globalisation

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Increased migration has led to more diverse populations
Urbanisation is driven by the search for employment, creating more ethnic and cultural urban environments

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What’s the economic impact of globalisation

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Many HICs have shifted from manufacturing to service, tech and research economies so new economic hubs have emerged. Also has led to economic decline and unemployment in some areas (losing manufacturing jobs)

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What’s the cultural impact of globalisation

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It’s increased exposure to different cultures, blending them, allowing more understanding and acceptance. But it also caused loss of some local traditions and cultural homogenisation.

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What are clone towns, and how does globalisation cause them

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Clones towns are created due to spending of chain store so that loads of towns alhave the same shops and look the same. Can create a sense of placelessness.

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What is the environmental impact of globalisation

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43
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List examples of external forces
(Agents of change)

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Individuals
Local community groups
Local government
National government
National institution
Global and international institutions: e.g. UN, EU…
TNCs

44
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What are some ways place is represented?

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Advertising
Cartography (maps)
Statistically (census data)
Tourist agency material
Art exhibitions
Qualitative and Quantitative data

45
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How do governments try to influence place meaning?

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They use strategies to manipulate perception of place to attract people by:
Place marketing
Rebranding
Reimaging

46
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What is place marketing, give examples

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Creating positive perceptions of place in ways like :
Advertising e.g. through social media
Newsletters and websites
New logos
New promotions of events

47
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Define rebranding

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Redeveloped and marketed places gain a new identity, involves place marketing

48
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Define reimaging

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Discarding negative pre-existing perceptions of a place

49
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Define regeneration

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Long-termwq process involving redeveloping an area

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