Changing places key terms

Question 1

Define globalisation

Answer 1

Globalisation is the growing independence of countries worldwide through the increasing volume of cross border transactions due to the diffusion of technology

Question 2

Define thirdspace

Answer 2

combines first and second space to create a “fully lived space real and imagined”

Question 3

What is a media space + two examples

Answer 3

The places that we have experienced different from the places that we know only through the media
e.g. harry potter studios, london
bridget jones tour, london

Question 4

What is an endogenous factor? + 2 examples

Answer 4

characteristics which have originated internally e.g. location, topography

Question 5

Define second space

Answer 5

The “imagined” environment and how a place is perceived

Question 6

Define first space

Answer 6

the physical built environment

Question 7

Define homogenisation

Answer 7

the process by which different places increasingly resemble those found in other areas of the

Question 8

Define topophobia

Answer 8

fear of a place e.g. haunted houses

Question 9

define topophilia

Answer 9

love of a place e.g. stadium of favourite football team

Question 10

What is an exogenous factor + 2 examples

Answer 10

characteristics which are external- relationships with other places that shape a places character e.g. trade links

Question 11

Define a clone town

Answer 11

somewhere that has no uniqueness or individuality to it

Question 12

What does germeinshaft mean?

Answer 12

rural

Question 13

define a place

Answer 13

a space with meaning

Question 14

What does geseilschaft mean?

Answer 14

urban

Question 15

define liminal

Answer 15

in between, not one or the other

Question 16

define a sense of place

Answer 16

the subjective, emotional attachment to a place + its meaning

Question 17

Define a “space”

Answer 17

an area with no meaning

Question 18

Define “the frictional effect”

Answer 18

a theory that the further away a place is the less likely you are to interact with it

Question 19

Define an experienced place

Answer 19

a place you have actually visited- you may see it differently once visited

Question 20

Define placelessness

Answer 20

the idea that a landscape may be “anywhere” as it lacks uniqueness

Question 21

define locale

Answer 21

a series of settings that make up a place

Question 22

define place attachment

Answer 22

depth of feeling towards a place