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Changing Places Definitions Flashcards

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endogenous factors

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factors within a place that help shape its character

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exogenous factors

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external influences on a places identity

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demographics

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social characteristics and statistics of a human population

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sense of place

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emotions someone attaches to an area based on their experiences

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urbanisation

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increase in the proportion of people living in towns/ cities

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urban

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characteristics of a town or city

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rural

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characteristics of countryside

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globalisation

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when business or other organisations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale

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homogenised

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things start to look the same, uniform/ similar

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infrastructure

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structures and facilities (buildings, roads, power supply) needed for society to operate

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life expectancy

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Average period of time that a person is expected to live to

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birth rate

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number of live births per thousand of population per year

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death rate

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number of deaths per thousand of population per year

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gentrification

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characteristics of a poor area (urban) being changed by wealthier people moving in. Housing improvements, attracting new business, displacing current inhabitants.

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Quantitative data

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numerical value

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qualitive data

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subjective, interpretative quantities of an item or process, rather than being numerical

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evaluation

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making a judgment about the amount, number, value of something

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sustainable

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Being able to maintain a certain rate or level

The ability to meet the current needs of society without compromising the future

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social characteristics/ factors

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aspects of a person or group of people that relate to their social status, roles, norms and expectations in a society

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economic characteristics/ factors

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features of an economy that affect the production, consumption and distribution of goods and services

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environmental & physical characteristics/ factors

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varied characteristics of a place, water and air or pollution, noise, access to open space and visual effects of buildings

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locale

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a place where something happens or is set. Particular events associated with it

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location

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particular place or position

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placelessness

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the fact of being similar to many other places and having no special features

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tourist gaze

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organised by businesses and governments and can mediate the tourists experience of a place

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death sites

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somewhere multiple deaths have occurred for example 911 and tourists can visit but have a limit to what they can see

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identity (in relation to place)

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individuals or groups sense of attachment to place. or key characteristics of a place

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insider perspective

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a view point from an individual within a place who lives there and has experienced that place

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outsider perspective

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a view point of someone not from a certain place/ doesn’t live there/ has little or no experience of that place

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far places

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somewhere either far away in distance or somewhere someone hasn’t experienced before

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Near place

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somewhere close in distance or somewhere someone has had many experiences before and that place is familiar to them

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experienced places

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these are places that someone is familiar with and has ben there and experienced it. Spent time in and visited.

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Anthropology

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the study of human sciences and their development

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media places

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Someone hasn’t visited a place but has learnt about it through media representations. Media may only focus on good parts of a place making it unrealistic.

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xenophobia

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dislike or prejudice against people from other countries

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genius loci

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prevailing character or atmosphere of a place

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topophilia

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a love of a place, strong sense of place

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topophobia

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intense fear of a place, strong dislike of a place

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dialect

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particular form of a language specific to a region or social group

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migration

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movement of people to a new country or area to find work and better living conditions

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socially constructed

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concept that exists that exists in objective reality as a result of human interaction. Exists because humans agree it exists

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rebranding

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change of a corporate image of company organisation

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heritage tourism

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the practice of travelling abroad to places of historical or cultural interest

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crowd sourcing

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practice of obtaining information by getting a large number of peoples input (paid or unpaid) usually on the internet

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provenance

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place of origin or earliest known history of something

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census

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official count or survey especially of population

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deprivation

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A damaging lack of material benefits considered to be a basic need in society

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IMD

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Index of Multiple Deprivation

UK’s measure of poverty, measures relative deprivation for small areas of England

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spatial

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relating to or occupying space

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temporal

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relating to time

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flora

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plants of a particular region, habitat or geological period

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fauna

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animals of a particular region, habitat or geological period

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AONB

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Boom and BUST

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alternating phases of economic growth or decline

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a steel belt

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places in northern or midwestern USA, industrial regions

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the rust belt

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when the USA’s industrial regions started to decline, deindustrialisation, economic decline, urban decay, population loss

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drosscape

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large areas of abused land on peripheries of city’s and beyond where urban sprawl happens meets urban dereliction

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ghetto

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poor urban area occupied primarily by minority group(S)

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multinational corporations

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a corporation that operates in more than one country at a time

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industrialisation

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development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale

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deindustrialisation

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reduction of industrial action/ activity or capacity in a region or economy

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regeneration

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active improving a place especially to make it more active or successful

AQA A-Level Geography 2022-2024 (19 decks)

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