place

Question 1

what is place

Answer 1

place is the location which has multiple meanings for different people depending on their experience

Question 2

what is location

Answer 2

this is the physical place where a place is

Question 3

what is locales

Answer 3

locations in a place that are associated with everyday activities such as school

Question 4

what is a locale

Answer 4

this structures social interactions
has particular events associated to it- linking to place m,eaning

Question 5

what is a sense of place

Answer 5

the subjective emotional attachment to a place

Question 6

what is placelessness

Answer 6

suggests a place in not unique

Question 7

what is a clown town

Answer 7

there are dominated with chain shops and therefore lack sense of place for some

Question 8

what makes a place unique to someone

Answer 8

the individual memories which people create within their locales

Question 9

what is attachment- TI FU Tuan

Answer 9

Ti-Fu Tuan suggests that attachment grows stronger overtime
if you have more experiences within a place you are more likely to become attached

Question 10

what is topophilia

Answer 10

this concerns the love of a place and having a stronger attachment to it

Question 11

what is topophobia

Answer 11

this is the dislike of a place
it can be possible to experience this even if you have a strong attachment to a place, the attachment can be negative

Question 12

what is a near place

Answer 12

those which are close to us.
near places are subjective

Question 13

what is a far place

Answer 13

those that are distant, both near and far places may have a more emotional attachment
you can feel far away emotionally but you don’t have to be far away physically- Ko Phi Phi

Question 14

what is experienced place

Answer 14

places you have actually visited
some people argue you would have had to visit a place to become emotionally attached to a place, however some argue having a desire or dislike through media is enough

Question 15

media places

Answer 15

these are places that are not visited, may have learned about through social media representations- Ko Phi Phi
media can change our sense of place subconsciously
Detroit- often presented as a rundown, neglected city however was ranked by lonely planet as No2 city to visit

Question 16

what is genius loci

Answer 16

this is the spirit of a place- suggest that every place has a unique spirit or atmosphere based on everything for the location is made up of, now and in the past

Question 17

what is place character

Answer 17

relates to the specific qualities, attributes and features of a location that make it unique, this is effected by endogenous and exogenous factors

Question 18

what are endogenous factors

Answer 18

those which originate from within the place and are local
-land use
-topography, the lie of land
-physical geography-waterfalls?
-infrastructure- built services that enhance or essential for living conditions
-demographic characteristics
-location
-economic characteristics

Question 19

what are exogenous factors

Answer 19

those of which originate from the outside a place and provide linkages and relationships with and to other places, these are related to flows
-people-impact of tourism, workers, migrants (Amsterdam- tourism)
-money and investment- deals, tax, major events (2016 olympics) long lasting impact on a place character
-resources- availability of raw material, products and food. less developed countries may struggle with this

Question 20

Rio De Janeiro 2016 olympics

Answer 20

exogenous factors- tourism would have caused city to become busier, leading to short term impacts on sense of place.
in the long term the investment and movements bulldoze some areas of the favelas will have changes the economic and social characteristics of a city.

Question 21

what are perspectives on a place

Answer 21

insiders and outsiders

Question 22

what are insiders of a place

Answer 22

those who feel at home within such as born in, hold citizen ship in, fluent in local language

Question 23

what are outsiders

Answer 23

outsiders are the opposite to insiders, the feeling of belonging can change overtime.
may not be accustomed to the culture, shops may not be familiar, the architecture of buildings and cars look different
immigrant children will feel more of an insider than their parents perhaps because they have a different experience to the place than their parents.

Question 24

what is perspective of a place

Answer 24

people may begin to feel like outsiders even if they initially identified as insiders due to factors such as influx of immigrants.
shops and resultaurants can change (totes)-external agencies

Question 25

what is Gentrification

Answer 25

this links with perspective
this is the process of renovation and improvement of housing to suit a middle class audience, usually leading to higher class house prices.
gentrifiification can cause insiders to feel like outsiders overtime. (park hill flats)