Changing spaces making places Flashcards
Define space
Location/coordinates/grid reference
Define Place
A space with meaning subjective at an individual or cultural level
How can places be represented
Through informal representation
What subcatigories can be used to define the identity of a place
Socio-economic
Environmental
Political
Cultural
Demography
Built environment
Physical geography
What are political identifications of place
National, regional, local governments
Housing associations
What are socio-economic identifications of place
Employment
Income
Education
Family status
What are cultural identifications of place
Religion
local traditions
local clubs/societies
What are demographic identifications of place
Age of inhabitants
Ethnicity
Gender
Number of inhabitants
What are built identifications of place
Age and style of buildings
Housing density
Road layout
What are physical identifications of place
Altitude
Slope
Rivers
Geology
Define topophilia
Effective bond between people and place or setting, expressed as a strong sense of place - sense of cultural identity
Define place attachment
A person place bond that evolves from specifiable conditions of place and characteristics of people
Define place identity
Attatchment in terms of emotional or symbolic meaning assigned by an individual. Landscape becomes part of a persons identity
Define place dependance
Attatchment based on function to satisfy needs
Define place meaning
Relationship to place based on significance, perpose and value
State Lympstones built environment
Old cottage like buildings (stone + wood)
Winding roads around houses
Historical buildings
Second homes
Denser housing nearer to coast
Not many bars + nightclubs
State Lympstones Demography
Large retired population
Very few working people - (not many employment opportunities)
Number of inhabitants in lympstone
2100
Ethnicity of lympstone
99% white
Population density of lympstone
17 ppl per hectare
State lympstones politics
Limited as east devon
Lack of funding for schools by national government
How many people in lympstone own their own house
66%
% of people with bad health lympstone
4.1%
State lympstones socio-economic status
Limited employment
Leads to internal emigration to exmouth or devon centre - (loss on income + ppl)
MET office moved to exeter (more IT employment)
>1/3 residents senior officials
State Lympstones education levels (socio-economic)
2 primary schools
1 prep school
State Lympstones culture
Old fishing village (societies/clubs)
67% christian
Holiday location
Lympstones religious makeup
67% christian
1% other - less attractive to migrants
State Lympstones physical geography
1.5km of mudflats
15km south of exeter
State Toxteths socio-economic status
Higher % of all benefits than uk average
Loss of emplyment in docks as ships got bigger, dock industry migrated.
High poverty
State Toxteths built environment
Terraced, bricked, modern housing
Workers housing
Straight roads for access to city centre
High density residential areas