•Place 1 Flashcards

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What does topophilia mean?

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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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What does Gemeinschaft mean?

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Sharing responsibilities
Family + Rural life
Everybody has a role

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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?

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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?

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Gosforth

Seascale

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What is a descriptive approach?

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

(Relates to location)

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What is a social constructionist approach?

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

(Links to locale)

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What is a phenomenological approach?

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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?

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In County Durham
North East of England
35 miles from Newcastle

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What is the descriptive approach for Wasdale?
In the Copeland District In Cumbria In the North West of England
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What is the social constructionist approach for Wasdale?
Tallest mountain in England (Scafell Pike) 3 peaks challenge
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What is the social constructionist approach for Darlington?
Trains and Railway 200 years of railway
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What is the scale for Wasdale?
``` In Gosforth Ward In Copeland District Council In county of Cumbria In NW of England In the Uk In Europe In the World ```
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What is the scale for Darlington?
``` In County Durham In NE of England In the Uk In Europe In the World ```
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What does localism mean? Where is it seen?
An affection or emotional ownership of a place Demonstrated in nimbyism
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What does regionalism mean?
Consciousness of and loyalty do a distinct region with a population that shares similarities
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What does nationalism mean?
Loyalty and devotion to a nation which creates a sense of national consciousness e.g patriotism
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Define globalisation
The process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale
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What are the positives of globalisation?
``` Employment opportunities Increase in Trade Increase in quality of goods Lower goods prices More communication ```
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What are the negatives of globalisation?
Closure of small businesses Economic inequality Unfair working conditions Environmental degredation
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What is a clone town?
Town where the high street and shopping areas are dominated by chain stores
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How do clone towns lead to a sense of placelessness?
Local businesses closedown causing loss of morale
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What is glocalisation? What is an example?
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
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What is localisation? What is an example?
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
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What 10 factors affect a person’s sense of belonging in a place?
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
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What is positionality?
Refers to whether a group has a sense of belonging or alienation