Changing Places: Key Vocabulary - 3.2.2.1 The Nature And Importance Of Place

Question 1

Place

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A location with meaning. Geographers refer to these aspects of place: location, locale, and sense of place

Question 2

Location

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A specific point on the Earth’s surface. ‘Where’ a place is (e.g. coordinates on a map)

Question 3

Locale

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The place where something happens or is set, or that has particular events associated with it. Unlike location, locale takes into account the effect that people have on their setting. I’m terms of locale, a place is shaped by people, cultured and customs within it.

Question 4

Sense of place

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The subjective feelings people have about places, including the role of place in their identity and group identity

Question 5

Placelessness

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The loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape

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Positionality

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A theory in which different people perceive places in different ways depending on certain factors such as gender, race, age, religion, socioeconomic status etc.

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Insider

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Someone who is familiar with a place i.e. they feel like they belong there

Question 8

Outsider

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Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place, i.e. they don’t feel that they belong there

Question 9

Character

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The physical and human geographic features that distinguish a particular place and make it unique.

Question 10

Endogenous factor

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The internal factors that shape a places character. These could be physical or human.

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Exogenous factor

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The external factors which shape a places character, including the relationship or links to other places and the flows in and out of a place e.g. the flows of people, resources, money and ideas.

Question 12

What are some physical factors that influence a places character?

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Climate, topography, and physical features e.g. rivers

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What are some human factors that influence a places character?

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Land use, built environment, demographic and cultural features

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What are some physical examples of endogenous factors?

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Location, topography, physical geography

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What are some human examples of endogenous factors?

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Land use, built environment, infrastructure and demographic and economic characteristics

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Experienced place

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A place that someone has spent time in. When a person visits or lives in a place their experiences, such as the things they see and the people they meet, shape their sense of place

Question 17

Media place

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A place that someone has not been to, but have created a sense of place through their depiction in the media (e.g. in books, art and film)

Question 18

Near place

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A place that is either geographically close, or a place that you personally feel is welcoming and familiar

Question 19

Far place

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A place that is either geographically far away or a place that is unfamiliar/uncomfortable to a person