changing places case studies Flashcards

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What is the definition of place?

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A location with meaning that could be meaningful to individuals in ways that are personal or subjective - they could also be meaningful at a cultral or social level

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What are the 3 aspects of place?

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  • Location
  • Locale
  • sense of place
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definition of location

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where a place is

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defintion of locale

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the place where something happens or is set or has particular events associated with it

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definition of sense of place

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the subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place- it is develpoed through experience and partiuclar knowlege of a place

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what are the 3 theoretical approaches to a place?

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  • descriptive approach
  • social contructionist approach
  • phenomenological approach
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definition of descriptive approach

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the idea that the world is a set of place and each place can be studied and is distinct

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defintion of social constructionist approach

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sees a place as a product of a particular time set of social processes occuring at a particular time

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phenomenological approach

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how an individual person approaches a place

(the relationship between the place and the person)

QUALATITIVE DATA

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explain the importance of place on identity

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place is evident at a number of scales in identity
* localism- effection for ownership of a place
* religonism- loyalty to a distinct region
* nationalism- devotion to a nation

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explain the importance of place on belonging

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belonging means being part of a community- it is influenced by age,gender,race etc.

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explain the importance of place on well-being

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= how people feel about a place

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Quantatitive data = ?

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data that can be quantified and verifed (fact) anf is amenable to statistical manipulation

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Qualatitive data = ?

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infomation that is not numerical and used in relatively unstructured and open ended way

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how can near and far places be different?

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it could refer to the geographical distances between places
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could describe how comfortable a person is with a place

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what are experienced places-

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the places a person has spent time in

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what are media places-

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those that the person only read about or has seen in the media

this could alter reality and make the place more desireable

18
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what are endogenous factors

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the characteristics of a place itself of the factors which have orignated internally

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4 endogenous factors that can influence the character of a place

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  1. location- urban or rural +proximity to other bulidings
  2. demographic factors- population size+ structure
  3. political factors- role + strength of local councils
  4. physical geography- topography of area
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what are exogenous factors

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the relationship of one place with other places and the external factors which affect this

they have an external source of origin

21
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4 endogenous factors that can influence the character of a place

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  1. impact of international migration
  2. links from other places
  3. deindustrialisation/ unemployment
  4. the increasing mobility of people increases links between places
22
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what 3 aspects of human interaction can affect a place

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  • location
  • resources
  • economic income
23
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at what 3 scales does place influebce are identity

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  • identity
  • well-being
  • belonging
24
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what did massey argue was happening to our sense of place?

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places are dynamic not static and have multiple identities and does not have boudaries

25
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how is globalisation influencing place

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it has made place less important as the forces of globa capitilsm have abolished local cultures and produced identical places

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what is a homegenised place?

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a place tat is uniform to other places making them indistinct from eachother

27
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what is a clone town

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a term used to describe urban retail areas dominate by national and international chain stores

28
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what is placelessness

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the loss of uniqueness of a place inthe cultral landscape so one place looks like the next

29
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what is glocalisation

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used to describe products or services that are distributeed globally but are fasioned to appeal to consumers of a local market

30
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how much has Winchester’s population increased by between 2001-2011

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8.7%

31
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% of people identifying as christian in winch

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48.9%

lower than the rest of the uk

32
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% of people in winch with no religon

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38%

33
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Gradual increase in immigration

proportion of people born in UK living in winch in 2011

decrease

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decreased by 1.7%

34
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percentage of married adults

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52%

35
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proportion of people from winchester commuting out for work

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41%

36
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when was the railway constructed in winchester

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1840

fuelled the recent growth of the city