Changing Places Flashcards
What is the sense of place?
The emotional meaning the place has, either to individuals or groups of people. For example, an individual may think of a place as home and share that with the other members of their family.
What is an insider?
Someone who is familiar with a place and who feels welcome in that place, they feel they belong there. For example, residents of a country, who all share the same cultural values, may feel like insiders in that country.
What is an outsider?
Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place, the don’t feel that they belong there. For example, international immigrants, who don’t share the same cultural values as the residents of the country, may feel like outsiders in the country they move to.
What are media places?
Places that people have not been to, but have created a sense of place for, through media depiction. The media may present the place in a particular way for a particular purpose. For example, tourist websites may present the Caribbean as a place of relaxation and opulence, but for residents it’s a place of poverty and hardship.
Describe the term ‘placelessness’
Globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same.
What are endogenous factors?
The internal factors which shape a place’s character.
What are exogenous factors?
The external factors which shape a place’s character, including the relationship to other places and the flows in and out of a place.
How does location influence the character of a place?
A coastal place may be characterised as a port due to its direct proximity to the sea.
How does land use influence the character of a place?
The built environment - high-rise, high-density building are often required for businesses in city centres, whereas residential and leisure land uses often require a lower density built environment.
How do economic factors influence the character of places?
Places such as Kensington, London have a high proportion of above average earners and low unemployment and as such are characterised as wealthy.
How do flows or investment affect the character of a place?
For example, Japanese car manufacturer Nissan has a factory in Sunderland. This has influenced the land use in the area, the built environment and the type of employment available.
How is demographic change caused by shifting flows?
Uckfield, East Sussex, younger people leaving town as they can’t afford houses, high proportion of older people.
London Docklands Development Corporation was set up to redevelop area. Improved economy has resulted in increase in population.
How do flows affect cultural characteristics of a place?
In the 20th Century the UK experienced mass migration from India, Pakistan and other Commonwealth countries. They brought different language, food and religion.
Fast food companies introduced in China have changed eating habits
How are economic characteristics affected by flows?
St Ives, Cornwall is no longer a fishing settlement but a tourist destination. This has altered the jobs available in the area.
The Scottish whisky industry is one of the biggest industries in Scotland due to increased exports. This has brought employment and money to the area.
What are the changes in social inequality due to flows?
In India large scale rural to urban migration has resulted in slums developing in the cities.
Large amounts of oil are extracted in Nigeria and the wealth ends up with the few wealthy individuals
