Changing Places Flashcards
Tourist gaze
Businesses choose what visitors are allowed to see and access
Distant place
Far from where a person lives - seen as foreign
Placelessness
Idea that a particular place could be anywhere - lacking uniqueness
Homogenised place
Reduction in cultural diversity so many parts become similar
Transitional town movement
Community looking to strengthen to face challenges, e.g. climate change
Endogenous factors
Internal factors help shape character of place, e.g. topography, land use
Exogenous factors
External factors help shape character of place, e.g. flow of people, ideas
Place memory
History of a place through its features, e.g. monuments
Reimaging place
Changing negative perceptions of a place
Rebranding place
Giving place new identity, appealing to people
Regeneration of places
Reverse decline of place, e.g. by gentrification
Bio mapping
Map which shows points of emotional arousal of person in relation to geographical location
Textual source
Source which can be, e.g., newspaper report
