changing SMP genrel Flashcards
place definition
at the heart of place is people a place is a location with meaning, as people live work and play space is changed into place
six characteristics that make up place
-physical geography
- demography
- socio-economic states
-cultural
-political
-built environment
key factors that influence place perception
age, gender, sexuality, religion and role in society
age
peoples perception of age changes as people get older a local park for example may alter through time e.g a park
might alter in childhood - somewhere fun
teenage years - somewhere to do recless activties
-geographical features
-many people move through a life-cycle that involves changing their presence and therefore where they may live such moves often associated with changes in income or family size
For example when young people leave home they often rent accommodation as they haven’t saved up the capital to buy and they also do not need as much living space they may be more inclined to be near the city centre as shops bars and clubs are present
gender
The role of men and women are reflected in the ways to groups can move around and type of places that they can use the phrase a woman’s place in the home represents a stereotypical image of women that was widespread
The females private place in the home contrasted with many male public places such as factories offices and many places of recreation pass for photographs of sporting events purely had a male crowd.
It’s not live that long ago that if a woman got married she often had to resign from her job and she was expected to stay at home run the household and brig up children
Question of safety is significant in giving meaning to places how many people fear can influence their mental maps and their food decisions about where they go to certain places women are more likely to perceive places is unsafe and therefore if I avoid them
Places which are isolated or dark late at night off rumours represent geography of fear for some people and they restrict their personal geography especially if they’re on their own urban geography is a fair also influenced by persons age and sexuality
sexuality
Acceptance of different sexual orientation is become widespread in some places acceptance can influence how people see place
In some cities LGBT zones have been identified and Matt these areas are on concentration of restaurants bars and clubs which are gay friendly such as the Cassia district in San Francisco and the gay village in Manchester
Places can also gain a reputation for being popular gay culture for example Brighton
People closer together for a sense of security and a place where they can be themselves the idea of this is strength in numbers and is also well known as urban residential patterns
religion
People have given location spiritual meanings for millennia,
For example the giant massive sandstone in Hillary is the centre of Australia and has a major role in the aboriginal creation stories.
Humans have long given locations religious meaning through building ancient stone circles about all over the world for example Stonehenge.
Religion such as Judaism Christianity and Islam have given meaning to many places to the building of synagogues churches and mosques there is one particular location has come to represent the place a very great religious significance for all these religions, Jerusalem.
Jerusalem the focus of spiritual meaning for three different but linked religions have become consented space the city has been captured 11 times in the past 15,000 years and destroyed and rebuilt on five occasions many religions places associated with refuge peace and healing
role
People perform different stages and variations of role in their life cycle for example a six form student much of your time within school or college have a bit of responsibility such as prefect or member of sports team as we go through life we gain and lose roles as we change so do I attitudes and perceptions of place role influences perception of fear insecurity and anxiety and events reflected in the ways boundaries are used to include or exclude people or activities.
who are the kurdes?
The Kurds are an ethnic groups spread across a number of middle eastern countries
The Kurds are estimated to a number of about 28 to 30,000,000 with another 2 to 3,000,000 living as a dispora away from this region
Because of long wanted their own independent state and have suffered persecution
who do they have a history of armed conflict with?
turkish military
Kurdish workers party
The Kurdish workers party organisation using local player to bring about a Kurdish nation and is regarded as a terrorist organisation by the USA and EU countries
globalisation
Idolisation is the increasing interconnectedness and pendants of the world economically socially politically and culturally in terms of a sense of place
global village
The term global Village is used to convey the idea that the world has become smaller not in a physical sense but because of its greater interconnectedness communications and flow of goods are quicker and more reliable than ever before
time space compression
Time space compression is space no longer being the barrier that it once was due to the growing interconnectedness for example the food in British supermarket much of a source from overseas and supply is no longer dependent on season similar delivery many of the goods that we are buying Julia clothes come from countries on the other side of life as a result of these changes how we perceive place alters
ways of representing place
Where is the place is represented by the media influences how we feel that means you can be divided into formal informal categories best known for more agency is the census
