Glossary Flashcards
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Disaster
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The realisation of a hazard which has enormous impacts on people and property
2
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Natural hazard
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A natural event, which is perceived by people as a threat to life, property and the natural environment
3
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Hazard
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A perceived event that threatens both life and property
4
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Insider
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- Perspective of someone who knows a place well
- Familiar with its topography, daily rhythms and events
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Outsider
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- Perspective of someone who doesn’t know a place well
6
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Endogenous
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- Location, physical geography, built environment, demography
- Factors found within a place
7
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Exogenous
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- Relationship with other places
- Forces from outside
- Tourism, young people leaving to study
8
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Placelessness
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- Idea that a particular landscape ‘could be anywhere’ as it lacks uniqueness
9
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Clone towns
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- Where town’s high streets have chain stores which predominate - leads to clone towns
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Situation of a place
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Where it is in relation to other places
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Sight of a place
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Actual location of where the place is and what is there
12
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Globalisation
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- National economies, societies and cultures have become increasingly intergrated through the global network of trade, communication, transportation and immigration
13
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Prevention
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- Action of stopping something from happening
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Mitigation
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- Action of reducing the severity of something
15
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Preparedness
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- State of readiness
