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Changing places (sheets) Flashcards

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What does the word place mean mean?

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A location or place 
Memory 
History 
Happy
Sad 
Angry
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Why do people interact with places differently?

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How people see the place, how it is views and regarded

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What does the word location mean?

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Where a place is, for example, the coordinates on a map

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What does the word locale mean?

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Takes into account the effect that people have on their setting. In terms of locale, a place is shaped by the people, cultures and customs within it.

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What does ‘sense of place’ mean?

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This refers to the subjective and emotional attachment people have a place. This may be completely different when looked at from another’s perspective.

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Who is Doreen Massey?

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  • Feminism

- British social and economic geographer- Places have multiple identities.

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Who is Y Fu Tuan?

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  • Chinese US geographer
  • Contrats place with the allied concept of space.
  • Place is security while space is freedom
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Who is Tim Cresswell?

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British Geographer

Considers the social and cultural significance of place- wealth.

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What do we mean by a destructive approach?

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Is the idea that the world is a set of places and each place can be studied and is distinct.

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What do we mean by ‘social constructionist approach’?

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Sees place as a product of a particular set of social processes occurring at a particular time. For example Trafalgar square - British naval victory

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What do we mean by a phenomenological approach?

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Is not interested in the unique characteristics of a place or why it was constructed. It is interested how individual experience the place.

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How does the Newspaper foster a sense of place?

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  • Know people
  • Influences you
  • areas you know
  • What happen in area that might affect you.
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How does playing or watching local sport foster a sense of place?

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  • Oxford united- know whats going on
  • Togetherness
  • Support
  • know people on team
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How does the attending local events foster a sense of place?

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  • Supporting local economy
  • see many people
  • attracts tourists
  • community + relationships
  • Social colestion (good)
  • Social divergence
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What are the 3 scales that are evident when looking at identity.

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Localism
Regionalism
Nationalism

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Summarise Localism

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An affection for an emotional ownership of a particular place. Localism rarely manifests itself in a political sense but can be demonstrated in “nimby”

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Summarise Regionalism

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Conscious of, and loyalty to a distinct region with a population that shares similarities

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Summarise Nationalism

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Loyalty and devotion to a nation which creates a sense of national consciousness. Patriotism could be considered as an example of a sense of place.

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What does the word ‘Placemaking’ mean?

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

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What do we mean by homogenisation?

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The process of making things uniform or similar leading to places becoming indistinct from are another

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What does the word ‘clone town’ mean?

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A term used to describe urban retail areas dominated by national, and in some cases, international chain stores.

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What does the word ‘glocalisation’ mean?

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A term used to describe products or services that are distributed globally but which are fashioned to appeal to the consumer in a local market.

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What is localisation of place?

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Place has become a political symbol for people fighting against global capitalism

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The extent to which one might feel a sense of belonging to a place can be identified by a number of factors what are they?

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Age, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, religion and level of education
race, ethnicity

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What is the difference between race and ethnicity when considering belonging?

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race is based on biological and physical characteristics such as skin colour.

Ethnicity is a broader concept which can be defined as belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition such as language and ancestry

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What does Topophobia mean?

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Fear of place

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What does Topophilla mean?

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Love of place

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What does Endogenous mean?

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Factors within a place that help shape its character e.g. location and topography

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What does Exogenous mean?

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Factors from outside a place that force a change within a place character e.g. its relationships with other places

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Define insider

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The perspective of someone who knows a place well and is familiar with not only its topography but also its daily rhythms and events

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Define outsider

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The perspective of someone who doesn’t know a place well e.g. visitor or someone who is marginalised in a community such as the homeless or people from minority groups

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What is private space

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A space that is privately owned and public access may be prevented or limited

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What is public space?

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Space that is open and accessible to the public

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What is freehold?

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A type of tenure in which the owner has outright ownership of the property and the land on which it stands

35
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When was the occupy of Wall Street?

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October 2012

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What were the protesters protesting about (October 2012)

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Anticapitalist focused on inequality

37
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What is meant by the phrase ‘we are 99%’?

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Bringing attention to the huge profits and inequalities generated by the financial system

38
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What impact the occupy movement have?

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20 arrests
people evicted
they moved outside salvation army offices

39
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What were the impacts on people from the rise of industrial Britain?

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Secondary employment high younger working age 
low levels of education 
working-class people more jobs 
earning money 
economy boomed 
voting increase 
inequality 
increase in wealth division 
population increase in some areas 
people injured
40
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What were the impact on environment from the right industrial Britain?

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High levels of pollution
reduction in green space
more waste
more urbanisation

41
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What were the impacts of people from the fall of industrial Britain

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Reduction in jobs 
mass unemployment 
north south divide 
miners strike 
trade unions 
local economy struggle 
decline in traditional industries 
political unrest 
less exports
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What were the impacts on the environment from the fall of industrial Britain

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Lower levels of pollution
disused factories
waste products left
increase in Brownfield sites

43
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How has Oxford changed?

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West gate new 
Barton development 
Green Road roundabout 
division in wealth 
house price increase 
decline in the High Street 
JR parking 
lack of affordable housing 
changing job market
44
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Economic factors tend to have the biggest impact on the character of place why do you think this might be?

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If you have more money you can alter the characteristics
shopping centres
more investment
more housing

45
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How does immigration impact on character place?

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Alter culture
how an area looks
language spoken
increasing diversity

46
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How does terrorism impact on the character place?

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9/11

Scared to go there-tourist
stop people leaving New York division-muslims treated badly
nationalism

47
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How has industrial accidents impacted on character of place?

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Chernobyl

Everyone left
loss of jobs
political unrest

48
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How do you natural disasters impact on the character of place?

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Haiti Katrina

Divisions
huge damage 
moving to a safe location 
Exploitation e.g. Oxfam 
rebuilding
49
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How does climate change impact on the character of place?

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Maldives

Migration
less tourism
loss of location

50
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What is an example of government policies as agent of change?

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Regeneration schemes and financial incentives for industry such as subsides, tax breaks and enterprise zones

A-level Geography (wintle) (11 decks)

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