•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