Changing places Mid Unit Review Key Terms List

Question 1

place

Answer 1

a location with meaning

Question 2

locale

Answer 2

this is the place where something happens or is set to that has particular events associated with it

Question 3

location

Answer 3

where the place is

Question 4

sense of place

Answer 4

subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place

Question 5

perception of place

Answer 5

the way a place is viewed or regarded by people

Question 6

place making

Answer 6

the deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a community quality of life

Question 7

space

Answer 7

results from places taken together

Question 8

three approaches to studying a place

Answer 8

descriptive, social constructivist, phenomenological

Question 9

place attachment

Answer 9

the emotional bond between person and place

Question 10

insiders

Answer 10

people who feel like they belong in a certain place that is their home

Question 11

outsiders

Answer 11

people who feel out of place in a certain place, that isn’t their home

Question 12

perspective

Answer 12

a framework that can be used to interpret different meanings (experiences, events, places, person)

Question 13

experienced places

Answer 13

a place where a person has spent time in

Question 14

media places

Answer 14

a place that a person has only read about or seen within various forms of media

Question 15

near places

Answer 15

the area or region near or about a place

Question 16

far places

Answer 16

far away geographically

Question 17

physical factors that affect what a place is like

Answer 17

relief and landforms
weather and climate
raw materials
water supply

Question 18

human factors that affect what a place is like

Answer 18

agriculture
conflict
political decisions
accessibility

Question 19

endogenous factors

Answer 19

topography
climate
location
rocks/ geology

Question 20

exogenous factors

Answer 20

migration
technical change
economic change
government rules and decisions

Question 21

representation

Answer 21

a system of signs and codes that are used to organize and direct spatial relations

Question 22

suburbanisation

Answer 22

the sociospatial process whereby cities expand outwards beyond their original central areas via the formation of suburbs.

Question 23

greenfield sites

Answer 23

sites that have not been built on before

Question 24

brownfield sites

Answer 24

sites that have been built on before, tend to be disused or derelict land

Question 25

gentrification

Answer 25

arrival of wealthier peoples in an already urban area

Question 26

rebranding

Answer 26

re-imaging places using a variety of media to improve the image of both urban and rural locations

Question 27

regeneration

Answer 27

long term upgrading of existing places for urban, rural, industrial and commercial areas

Question 28

homogenistation

Answer 28

the increasing similarities between towns and cities regardless of their geographical location

Question 29

clone towns

Answer 29

global term for a town where the High Street or other major shopping areas are significantly dominated by chain stores

Question 30

topophilia

Answer 30

the affective bond between people and place

Question 31

topophobia

Answer 31

the dislike or fear of places