Changing places key terms

Question 1

Place

Answer 1

A location with a meaning to:
- a person in ways that may be subjective
- a society or culture and can be shared between different groups of people

Question 2

Location

Answer 2

Where a place is

Question 3

Locale

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Sense of place

Answer 4

The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place, that is developed through having experience and knowledge of a particular area

Question 5

Descriptive approach

Answer 5

The idea that the world is a set of places and each place can be studied and distinguished

Question 6

Social constructionist approach

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The idea that a place is a product of a particular set of social processes occurring at a particular time

Question 7

Phenomenological approach

Answer 7

The interest in how an individual may experience a place, recognising a highly personal relationship between place and person

Question 8

Experienced places

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Somewhere that one has visited, giving a first hand understanding of what that place is like

Question 9

Media places

Answer 9

A place portrayed by the media that one has seen, giving a second hand experience of what that place is like

Question 10

Endogenous factors

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The characteristics of a place that have originated internally, including location and physical geography

Question 11

Exogenous factors

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The relationship of one place with others and the external factors that affect this

Question 12

Localism

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Preference for one’s own area, especially when this results in a limitation of outlook

Question 13

Regionalism

Answer 13

Preference for one’s region, especially when this results in the limitation of outlook

Question 14

Nationalism

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Preference for one’s own country, especially when this results in a limitation of outlook

Question 15

Homogenised place

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A place with an identical cultural to (an)other place(s)

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Clone town

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A high street dominated by chains

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Placelessness

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The lack of an unique sense of place in an area

Question 18

Glocalisation

Answer 18

Multinational companies adapting to local market places

Question 19

Localisation

Answer 19

The increased focus on/promotion of local goods and services

Question 20

Agents of change

Answer 20

The people who impact on a place, whether through living, working, or trying to improve a place

Question 21

Placemaking

Answer 21

The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a community’s quality of life

Question 22

Infrastructure

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The services considered essential to enable or enhance living conditions

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Insider

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Someone who lives in/is local to a place, with lived experience of it

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Place marketing

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Advertising can be used to change/manipulate how people view that place

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Rebranding

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Using marketing to alter the public’s perception of a place from negative to positive

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Re-imaging

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Using marketing to alter the image of a place from outdated to historical

Question 27

Topophilia

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The affective bonding between people and place/setting

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Perception of place

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The way in which a place is viewed or regarded by people, which can be influenced by media representation or personal experience

Question 29

Identity

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How one feels and belongs, which is believed to particularly be shaped by place

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Belonging

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How one fits in as part of a community

Question 31

Well-being

Answer 31

The state of being comfortable, happy, or healthy

Question 32

Outsider

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Someone who is not from and/or does not have lived experience of a place

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Positionality

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Where a place is located and how beneficial this is

Question 34

Near places

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Places near to one’s origin or location, usually sharing factors

Question 35

Far place

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Places far from one’s origin or location, usually having varying factors

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Function

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The use of a place

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Character of a place

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How one may experience a place, as it is influenced especially by history

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Diaspora

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A group of people with a similar heritage/background/place of origin who have settled elsewhere in the world

Question 39

NIMBY

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Not In My BackYard- a strong form of localism opposing the homogenisation of their area

Question 40

Place attachment

Answer 40

The connection one may have to a place

Question 41

Gentrification

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The process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, often displacing current inhabitants in the process

Question 42

Corporate bodies

Answer 42

An organisation or group of people identified by a particular name that acts as an identity