CSMP Flashcards
What is a place?
A space that has been given meaning by an individuals lived experience
What is a space?
An area that does not have meaning and exists between spaces
What can perception of place be influenced by?
-Age
-Gender
-Sexuality
-Religion
-Role in society
How does age influence your perception of place?
-Ageing changes your viewpoint
-Life processes associated with the ageing process also creates a different perception of place e.g. going to university or buying your first house
How does gender influence your perception of place?
-Geographies of fear (idea that concerns of safety give meaning to place and these can be steeped in gender) are often based on social perceptions of threat
-Also gender divisions where women were excluded from key spaces create different perceptions of space
How does sexuality influence your perception of place?
-Homosexuality is generally viewed as unacceptable in some countries for example in Nigeria there is a ‘same sex marriage prohibition bill’ which allows lengthy prison sentences for those entering into a same sex marriage
-LGBTQ+ communities develop in many major towns and cities as people congregate and cluster together which brings identity to these areas
How does religion influence your perception of place?
-Religion leaves an imprint on the human landscape e.g. places of worship
-E.g. each year 10 million people dip in the river Ganges due to its perceived healing/purifying properties (Hinduism)
-Jerusalem represents Judaism’s most sacred site and the ancient capital of the Jewish state
-Jerusalem is the site of Christs crucifixion and resurrection and represents Christianity’s most Holy site
-Jerusalem is also the site of Muhammad’s ‘night journey’ and Islam’s most sacred shine
How does role in society influence your perception of place?
-Student
-Sibling
-Cousin
-Daughter/son
-Employee/Employer
-Member of group
What is emotional attachment to a place?
-These are the feelings you have towards a place
-Often driven by personal memories but not all feelings are guided by our own experience and thus memory of a place
- We can experience feelings as part of a social group often through culture and nationality
What is Globalisation?
The increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of the world economically, socially, culturally and politically
What are ways in which globalisation has taken place?
Economically- buying and exchanging goods
-Giving aid to other countries
Socially- Media and film
Politically- united nations
Culturally- music and clothes
-Religion spread across the world
-Media and film
What is evidence of globalisation?
-Luxury products like silk and spices were transported across the continent of Asia to European countries (13th-14th century)
-Advances in technology allowed for the increasing movement of goods e.g. potatoes, tomatoes, coffee and chocolate were introduced in Europe- Age of discovery (18thcentury)
-Raw materials traded between imperialist empires, technology advances further (1st wave- 19th century)
-Containerisation, reduces isolationism, high technology. EU and WTO (2nd/3rd wave- post WW2)
What is a global village?
When the entire world becomes more interconnected as a result of the propagation of media technologies throughout the world
What is time space compression?
A set of processes leading got a ‘shrinking world’ caused by reductions in the relative distance between place
What is an economy?
-Production(making)
-Distribution(sharing)
-Consumption(buying) of goods and services in a country
What is the primary sector?
Income derived from extracting raw materials from the ground (agriculture, forestry, mining and fishing)
What is the secondary sector?
Manufacturing goods from raw materials (automobile, textiles, shipping)
What is the tertiary sector?
Service sector e.g. retail, office work, lawyer and teachers
What is the quaternary sector?
Industries based on human knowledge e.g. tech, media research
What is structural economic change?
Structural economic change refers to dramatic changes in the way a country, industry or market operates, usually brought on by major economic developments e.g. a dramatic shift in a country primary source of income
What were the sectors like historically?
-PS was predominant in areas where access to natural resources were high
-SS was geographically close to raw materials but also in areas which had access to imports to export and import goods
-TS tend to be in urban areas where there is a higher demand
-QS was predominant in areas with a high concentration of well educated people e.g. large cities
What is meant by a global shift?
This refers to the relocation of job sectors around the world mostly driven by increasing global connections and globalisation
What are nation states?
A nation (country) which has its own independent state; the boundaries of the state coincide with the area inhabited by a nation
What are TNCs?
These are very large companies with factories and offices in more than one country which markets products and services worldwide
What did a global shift lead to?
1- Deindustrialisation in ACs, the growth of TNCs, loss of employment in PS and SS (post industrial societies in which most people work in the TS/QS with high paying jobs)
2-Relocation of industry to LIDCs driven by containerisation, bulk handling, cheaper costs abroad (Low paid labouring jobs in LIDCs
What is containerisation?
Standardised transport that issues a common size of steel container to transport goods
What is a comparative advantage?
When countries/ regions benefit from specialising in economic activity in which they are more skilled and efficient
What is regeneration?
Reversing economic, social and physical decline in areas
What are reasons for global shifts?
-Cheaper employment in LIDCs
-TNCs set up operations in LIDCs
- Transnational revolution (containerisation, decreasing cost of shipping)
- Communication revolution ( Broadband, telephones)
-Nation states attracting FDI
What is cyclical economic change?
When economic change happens in regular repeated intervals and it is cyclical because it can undergo frequent periods of booms and recessions in economies
What is a Boom?
GDP grows
What is a recession (Bust)?
GDP falls for longer than 6 months
What are the effects of a boom?
-inflation decreasing
-higher disposable income
-higher wages
-job security
-increasing trade between countries
-migration into area
-higher employment rate
-positive multiplier effect
-increasing QOL and SOL