Nature and Importance of Place

Question 1

Define place

Answer 1

A location with meaning

Question 2

Can a place have different meanings? Why?

Answer 2

Yes, because people’s prior experience with a place, the manner in which they experienced it etc. can cause it to mean different things to that person.

Question 3

Who are insiders and outsiders?

Answer 3

Insiders-People who live in a place

Outsiders-People who visit a place

Question 4

From whose ideas comes the concept of the “Field of Care”?

Answer 4

Yi-Fu Tuan

Question 5

What Endogenous factors can affect the perception of a place?

Answer 5

Physical - Geology, Topography, Physical features, Location

Human - Land use, Economic situation, Demographic, Built environment, Infrastructure

Question 6

What are Endogenous factors?

Answer 6

Factors affecting the character of a place from within

Question 7

Define Location, Locale and Sense of Place

Answer 7

Location-A point in space with specific links to other points in space
Locale-A setting where built and social elements interconnect
Sense of Place-The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place

Question 8

What are Exogenous factors?

Answer 8

Factors affecting the character of a place from outside that place