nature and importance of place Flashcards
aspects of a place
location
locale - the combination of settings and practices in a place that mark it out as uniwuq
sense of place
location
where a place is on the map
locale
a place shaped by the people, cultures and customs within it
sense of place
the subjective and emotional attatchment people have to a place
sense of place influences
- depth of knowledge and understanding
- quality or intensity of experience
- theory of place attachment
identity - defining ourselves
- localism
- regionalism
- nationalism
identity - localism
affection or emotional ownership of a place
- nimby
- reluctance to development
identity - regionalism
consciousness of and loyalty to a region where the population shares similarities
EG - cornwall right to self rule
identity - nationalism
devotion to a nation and sense of national consciousness
- patriotism
belonging
being part of a community
often a focus on regeneration schemes
influenced by a number of factors
influences on belonging
age, gender, sexuality, religion, ethnicity
- londons multiculturalism develops mutual support and cultural preservation
wellbeing
important role in quality of life of residents
wellbeing - the transition town movement aims
tackle issues of globalisation, dilution of place identity, loss of community and economy
wellbeing - transition town movement results
1200 initiatives
- community owned sectors (bakers, brewers, energy)
- street projects
- building community relationships
- REconomy projects (new jobs)
- food growing groups
globalisation impact on sense of place - totnes
- residents responded to proposal by costa by signign a petition that boycott any coffee chain that came to totnes
- after 8 months costa dropped the proposal
globalisation of place
increased presence of global chains (starbucks)
community-less geography of nowhere
clone towns
settlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores - leads to placelessness
glocalisation
local places and cultures resisting the power of globalisation
- multinational companies then increasingly adapt to local marketplaces
localisation of place - totnes
the totnes pound - introduced its own local currency to encourage more internal spending and keeping investment within the local economy
insider perspective
people who have high belonging in a place
- conform to local norms
- understands unspoken rules
nimby
outsider perspective
people who feel ‘out of place’ and feel as though they dont belong
- misunderstands social norms
positionality
perspective - california hills
‘cursing the dust, cracking the brittle weeds’
- outsiders percieve the landscape as sparse and empty
‘yet how gentle it seems to someone raised in a landscape short of rain’
- constrasting perception for an insider, comforting
near place
geographically close or emotionally familair place to an individual
far place
geographically far or emotionally unfamiliar
experienced place
places that a person has spent time in
media place
places that are only experienced through reading or visual media
character of a place
physical and human features that distinguish it from another place - uniqueness
endogenous factors influencing place character
originating internally
- location
- physical geography/topography
- land use
- built environment
- demographic and economic characteristics
exogenous factors influencing place character
relationship with other places and external facotrs it brings
- demographic, socio economic and cultural characterstics
shaped by shifting flows of people, resources, money and investment
examples of influences on character of place
deindustrialisation/globalisation - exogenous
new housing estates - end and ex
second home purchasing/gentrification - exogenous
