Changing Places

Question 1

Topophilia

Answer 1

A strong sense of love of a particular place

Question 2

Topophobia

Answer 2

A fear or dread of certain places

Question 3

Insider

Answer 3

The perspective of someone who knows a place well and is familiar with not only its topography but also its daily rhythms and events.

Question 4

Outsider

Answer 4

The perspective of someone who does not know a place well or someone who is marginalised in a community.

Question 5

Exogenous

Answer 5

Factors from outside a place that force a change in a places character

Question 6

Endogenous

Answer 6

Factors within a place that help shape its character

Question 7

Inter-Country Migration

Answer 7

The movement of people into a country from another country

Question 8

Intra-Country Migration

Answer 8

The movement of people around a country, remaining in the same country

Question 9

Homogenisation

Answer 9

The process whereby places and social characteristics become more similar to each other so that they eventually became indistinguishable

Question 10

Regeneration

Answer 10

A form of renewal and redevelopment of a run down area to improve the conditions of an area and the quality of life experienced by those who live there.

Question 11

Far Place

Answer 11

Somewhere that is known but is not known well due it being a distance away

Question 12

Near Place

Answer 12

Somewhere that is known well due to it being close by

Question 13

Experienced Place

Answer 13

A place that you have visited and know well

Question 14

Media Place

Answer 14

A place that you have experienced through virtually or through other people’s perception

Question 15

Place

Answer 15

The way an area is perceived depending on location, local and emotional attachment

Question 16

Urbanisation

Answer 16

The growth in the proportion of a country’s population that live in an urban environment compared to a rural environment

Question 17

Counter Urbanisation

Answer 17

The movement of people away from large urban settlements to smaller urban settlements and rural settlements

Question 18

Clone Town

Answer 18

A town where the high street is dominated by transnational corporations

Question 19

Community Group

Answer 19

An organised collection of people with shared interests and aims often concerning aspects of
public life.

Question 20

Identities

Answer 20

A combination of physical, psychological and behavioural traits that contribute to a person’s
self-awareness and how others perceive them. This is in part shaped by where they live
and/or their place of birth.

Question 21

Representation

Answer 21

How a place is portrayed by the views, statements and communications of others. This may
be through formal sources such as census data or through informal sources such as media
reportage and imagery or verbalisation by others.