•Place 1 Flashcards
What does topophilia mean?
You love or would love a place
What does topophobia mean?
You hate or would hate a place
What does Gemeinschaft mean?
Sharing responsibilities
Family + Rural life
Everybody has a role
What does Gesellschaft mean?
Formal and limited responsibilities
City, cosmopolitan life
Status based on personal achievement
What is a media place?
A place where a person had only read, heard or seen about through the media e.g films or newspapers
What is an experienced place?
A place someone has visited/ spent time in
What is a NIMBY?
Not In My Back Yard
People who oppose development because of own self interest
Who is considered an insider?
Someone who lives in or regularly visits a place (knows how the place works)
Who is considered an outsider?
Someone who is unfamiliar with a place
What is an endogenous factor?
Characteristics of the place itself
What are examples of endogenous factors?
Location Topography Land use Built environment Infrastructure Demographic characteristics Political characteristics Socio-economic characteristics
What is an exogenous factor?
An external factor
What does an exogenous factor include?
Relationships with other places
Flows of people
Flows of money
Accessibility to other places
What are exogenous factors in Wasdale?
It’s within Copeland
Part of Cumbria
Part of the Lake District
What is location?
The physics site and situation of a place in terms of where it is in relation to it’s surroundings and other places
How is location expressed?
Latitude and Longitude
Grid references
Distance and Direction to other places
What is locale?
Thinking about a place in relation to where something happens
What is sense of place?
The subjective and emotional attachment that people have to a place (varies between people)
What is perception of place?
Thoughts people have about a place based on personal experience or what they heard/ read about it
What are the two study areas in Wasdale?
Gosforth
Seascale
What is a descriptive approach?
Character and location of a place that makes it distinct from others
(Relates to location)
What is a social constructionist approach?
Seeing places as having been produced by certain social processes that have occurred
(Links to locale)
What is a phenomenological approach?
How different people experience a place and the attachments they form from it
(Links to perception of place)
What is the descriptive approach for Darlington?
In County Durham
North East of England
35 miles from Newcastle
What is the descriptive approach for Wasdale?
In the Copeland District
In Cumbria
In the North West of England
What is the social constructionist approach for Wasdale?
Tallest mountain in England (Scafell Pike)
3 peaks challenge
What is the social constructionist approach for Darlington?
Trains and Railway
200 years of railway
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
What is the scale for Darlington?
In County Durham In NE of England In the Uk In Europe In the World
What does localism mean?
Where is it seen?
An affection or emotional ownership of a place
Demonstrated in nimbyism
What does regionalism mean?
Consciousness of and loyalty do a distinct region with a population that shares similarities
What does nationalism mean?
Loyalty and devotion to a nation which creates a sense of national consciousness e.g patriotism
Define globalisation
The process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale
What are the positives of globalisation?
Employment opportunities Increase in Trade Increase in quality of goods Lower goods prices More communication
What are the negatives of globalisation?
Closure of small businesses
Economic inequality
Unfair working conditions
Environmental degredation
What is a clone town?
Town where the high street and shopping areas are dominated by chain stores
How do clone towns lead to a sense of placelessness?
Local businesses closedown causing loss of morale
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
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
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
What is positionality?
Refers to whether a group has a sense of belonging or alienation
