•Place 1 Flashcards

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1
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What does topophilia mean?

A

You love or would love a place

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What does topophobia mean?

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You hate or would hate a place

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3
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What does Gemeinschaft mean?

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Sharing responsibilities
Family + Rural life
Everybody has a role

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4
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What does Gesellschaft mean?

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Formal and limited responsibilities
City, cosmopolitan life
Status based on personal achievement

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5
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What is a media place?

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A place where a person had only read, heard or seen about through the media e.g films or newspapers

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What is an experienced place?

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A place someone has visited/ spent time in

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7
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What is a NIMBY?

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Not In My Back Yard

People who oppose development because of own self interest

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Who is considered an insider?

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Someone who lives in or regularly visits a place (knows how the place works)

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9
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Who is considered an outsider?

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Someone who is unfamiliar with a place

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10
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What is an endogenous factor?

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Characteristics of the place itself

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11
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What are examples of endogenous factors?

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Location
Topography
Land use
Built environment 
Infrastructure
Demographic characteristics 
Political characteristics 
Socio-economic characteristics
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12
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What is an exogenous factor?

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An external factor

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13
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What does an exogenous factor include?

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Relationships with other places
Flows of people
Flows of money
Accessibility to other places

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14
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What are exogenous factors in Wasdale?

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It’s within Copeland
Part of Cumbria
Part of the Lake District

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15
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What is location?

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The physics site and situation of a place in terms of where it is in relation to it’s surroundings and other places

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16
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How is location expressed?

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Latitude and Longitude
Grid references
Distance and Direction to other places

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17
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What is locale?

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Thinking about a place in relation to where something happens

18
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What is sense of place?

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The subjective and emotional attachment that people have to a place (varies between people)

19
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What is perception of place?

A

Thoughts people have about a place based on personal experience or what they heard/ read about it

20
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What are the two study areas in Wasdale?

A

Gosforth

Seascale

21
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What is a descriptive approach?

A

Character and location of a place that makes it distinct from others

(Relates to location)

22
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What is a social constructionist approach?

A

Seeing places as having been produced by certain social processes that have occurred

(Links to locale)

23
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What is a phenomenological approach?

A

How different people experience a place and the attachments they form from it

(Links to perception of place)

24
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What is the descriptive approach for Darlington?

A

In County Durham
North East of England
35 miles from Newcastle

25
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What is the descriptive approach for Wasdale?

A

In the Copeland District
In Cumbria
In the North West of England

26
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What is the social constructionist approach for Wasdale?

A

Tallest mountain in England (Scafell Pike)

3 peaks challenge

27
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What is the social constructionist approach for Darlington?

A

Trains and Railway

200 years of railway

28
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What is the scale for Wasdale?

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In Gosforth Ward
In Copeland District Council
In county of Cumbria
In NW of England 
In the Uk
In Europe
In the World
29
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What is the scale for Darlington?

A
In County Durham
In NE of England
In the Uk
In Europe
In the World
30
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What does localism mean?

Where is it seen?

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An affection or emotional ownership of a place

Demonstrated in nimbyism

31
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What does regionalism mean?

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Consciousness of and loyalty do a distinct region with a population that shares similarities

32
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What does nationalism mean?

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Loyalty and devotion to a nation which creates a sense of national consciousness e.g patriotism

33
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Define globalisation

A

The process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale

34
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What are the positives of globalisation?

A
Employment opportunities 
Increase in Trade
Increase in quality of goods 
Lower goods prices 
More communication
35
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What are the negatives of globalisation?

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Closure of small businesses
Economic inequality
Unfair working conditions
Environmental degredation

36
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What is a clone town?

A

Town where the high street and shopping areas are dominated by chain stores

37
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How do clone towns lead to a sense of placelessness?

A

Local businesses closedown causing loss of morale

38
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What is glocalisation?

What is an example?

A

Global companies adapting their brand to meet the needs of local places

E.g. in Muslim countries Mc Donald’s doesn’t sell pork products

39
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What is localisation?

What is an example?

A

The focus on local products and services in a place.

E.g. in 2012 residents in Totnes in Devon success fully opposed the opening of Costa Coffee

40
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What 10 factors affect a person’s sense of belonging in a place?

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1) Age
2) Socio- economic status
3) History (past experience)
4) Family and Friends
5) Gender
6) Sexuality
7) Religion
8) Education
9) Race
10) Ethnicity

41
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What is positionality?

A

Refers to whether a group has a sense of belonging or alienation