Changing Places key words Flashcards
Place
Space with meaning
Locale
Place where something happened/associated with certain events
Social constructionist approach
Sees a place linked to social processes and history
Location
Where a place is, latitude and longitude
Phenomenological approach
Sees a place through the eyes on an individual
Descriptive approach
World is a set of distinct places
Perception of place
The way it’s viewed
Placemaking
Deliberate shaping of the environment to improve quality of life
Sense of place
Subjective/emotional attachment people have to a place
Globalisation
The way the world has become interconnected
Glocalisation
Multinational companies adapt to the local market
Placelessness
Place loses its original identity
Homogenisation
Places become the same
Wellbeing
How a place promotes happiness
Belonging
To be a part of a places community (insider/outsider)
Positionality
Gender, race, religion - factors that can influence people’s perception
Identity
Place is critical to the construction of identity
Near place
Geographically close/a place that is important to someone
Far place
Geographically far/ a place that is irrelevant
Media place
Only experienced through media or fictional place
Experienced place
Place someone has had first-hand experience
Place memory
The ability to make the past come to life in the present
Perception
What people have heard about a place
Reimaging
Tries to disassociate a place with a bad image
Rebranding
The way a place is redeveloped and marketed to gain a new identity
Regeneration
Long term process involving redevelopment to reverse urban decline and create sustainable communities
Continuity
Things stay the same
Endogenous factors
Factors from inside a location
Exogenous factors
Outsider factors/influences
Topography
Shape of the land
Demography
Population and type of people
Qualitative data
Rich, in-depth data eg. opinions, hard to analyse
Quantitative data
Specific, statistics, easier to measure and analyse
