Changing places

Question 1

What is location?

Answer 1

Where a place is on a map

Question 2

What is locale?

Answer 2

each place is made up of a series of locales or settings where everyday life activities take place. These settings affect social interactions.

Question 3

What is sense of place?

Answer 3

The subjective and emotional attachment to place.

Question 4

what is an experienced place?

Answer 4

a place that a person has spent time in

Question 5

What is a media place?

Answer 5

A place that the person has only seen on film or read about.

Question 6

What is the descriptive approach?

Answer 6

The world is seen as a set of distinct places and each place can be studied separately.

Question 7

What is the social constructionist approach?

Answer 7

This sees places as dynamic. It sees places as a product of social processes at a certain time.

Question 8

What is the phenomenological approach?

Answer 8

This focuses on how individuals experience place. It is through human perception and experience.

Question 9

What is local identity?

Answer 9

people will have an affection or feel ownership of their local area. This may be demonstrated by nimbyism, where people oppose to local development.

Question 10

What is regional identity?

Answer 10

People will be loyal to the region in which they share similarities with.

Question 11

What is nationalism?

Answer 11

Patriotism is an example of how people are loyal and devoted to a nation.

Question 12

What is glocalisation?

Answer 12

This is when a company adapts its menu, building or style to fit in with the local culture e.g. Mcdonalds in Hindu countries do not serve meat.

Question 13

What is localisation?

Answer 13

This is when places try to keep people and money in an area. e.g. in Totnes they have introduced a local currency, so less money leaks out of the area and is lost in the global finance system.

Question 14

What is the meaning of place?

Answer 14

the individual or collective perception of a place. A personal experience or opinion due to their time there.

Question 15

What is the representation of place?

Answer 15

How a place is portrayed or seen in society, often influenced by others.

Question 16

What are agents of change?

Answer 16

These are people who impact a places development, these include residents, community groups, corporate entities, governments and the media.

Question 17

What is re-imagining?

Answer 17

This is changing the uses of places, trying to give a place a new image e.g. new street station.

Question 18

What is a placeless place?

Answer 18

A place that lacks a sense of identity, e.g. an airport

Question 19

What are endogenous factors?

Answer 19

The characteristics of place itself which have originated internally. This includes location, topography, land use, social and economic characteristics etc

Question 20

What are exogenous factors?

Answer 20

This refers to the relationship of one place with another and the external factors that affect this. for example the movement of people, resources, money and investment.

Question 21

What is qualitative data?

Answer 21

information that is non numerical and used in an open ended way. It comes from interviews, focus groups, photos etc.

Question 22

What is quantitative data?

Answer 22

Data that can be quantified and verified and is amenable to statistical manipulation.

Question 23

Describe Brindley place before its redevelopment?

Answer 23

It was once a site of factories and transportation of raw materials, but the 1970s manufacturing decline meant the buildings lay derelict and the area had a bad reputation.

Question 24

How many restaurants, bars and shops opened? (BP)

Answer 24

19

Question 25

How many jobs were created? (BP)

Answer 25

6,000 jobs were a result of 1,1000,00 sq ft of office space

Question 26

Name one artistic interpretation of Brindley place

Answer 26

Robert Barlows “sunlight on Brindely place” painting, depicts the are with bright colours showing a positive scene.

Question 27

What is the name of the website which helps place market Brindley place. How does it brand it?

Answer 27

www.visitbirmingham.co.uk, which brands Brindley place as “one of the top visitor destinations in Birmingham”

Question 28

How many visitors does Brindley place receive each year

Answer 28

4 million

Question 29

What film is set in Detroit?

Answer 29

The 2002 film “8 mile” was set and filmed in Detroit with the title being derived from the highway that separates the black and white areas. The film shows the struggles growing up in Detroit

Question 30

What percentage of the population of Detroit are below the poverty line?

Answer 30

48.1% indicating a poor quality of life.

Question 31

Average house price in Detroit

Answer 31

$38,100, this indicates the area is not very desirable.

Question 32

What are the crime statistics for Detroit

Answer 32

1 in 57 chance of being a victim of a crime

Question 33

How high was unemployment by 2010 in Detroit

Answer 33

24%