place Flashcards
what is sense of place
and individuals emotional attachment to a place
place meaning
emotional meaning
what makes up a place
location - where a place is
locale- the effect people have on a place. a setting where activities take place. shaped by the people and cultures- a place is made up of locales
sense of place - subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place. different from different perspectives
what is a insider
someone who is familiar with a place and who feels welcome in that place, they feel like they belong there.
eg. residents to a country who all share the same cultural values
what is an outsider
someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place, they dome feel like they belong there
eg. international immigrants who don’t share the same cultural values as the residents of the county
what scales do people share characteristics on which creates shared identity and examples
local - individuals in a village sharing a positive sense on the village
regional - individuals from a region sharing a accent
national - individuals from a nation sharing a language , religion or love for their nation
what factors determine if someone feels like a insider or outsider
age, sexuality, gender
what factors might affect being included / excluded in a place
religion
accent
sexuality
income
social class
age
cultural values
education
disability
language
what is an experienced place
places which people spent time in. when a person visits or lives in a place. there experience shapes their sense of place.
experience - people they meet or things they do
what is a media place
places people havent been to but have created a sense of place through media. eg, books, art, films
near places
- near places are geographically near to where a person lives
- people are more lackey to feel like a insider in near places - more likely to have experienced them and felt comfortable in them
not all people might feel like a insider though - people many feel excluded for reasons such as race, religion , age , sexuality
forms of media
songs
newspapers
TV
social media
radio
films
music
books
advertisment
far places
distant to where people live
more likely to feel like a outsider - less likely to have experienced them and felt comfortable
- globalisation has made it more possible for people to experience geological distance.
- far places are quicker and easier to get to
- ICT means people are becoming more familiar with media places
- people can be connected to people in far places via the internet
- becoming more likely that people will feel more connected too and even be a insider to geographically far places.
- chain stores make far places feel similar to near places
what are endogenous factors
internal factors which shape a places character
what are exogenous factors
external factors which shape a places character
examples of endogenous factors - physical factors
physical or human
location - where a place is eg, coastal or inland
topography - shape of the landscape , eg, valley, flat, mountainous
physical geography - environmental features. eg, altitude , soil or rock type
endogenous factors
human characteristics
land use - what human activities happen on the land. eg, farming, industry, leisure, residential
build environment - high rise building etc.
build environment and infrastructure - places can be characterised directly on building density. eg, towns and cities have higher buildings while villages have smaller buildings with lower density
demographic and economic characteristics - who lives in the place and what they would like. - age, gender, education level, religion, birth rates, ethnicity , population size.
economic factors- work, money,
exogenous factors - examples
connections made by location, flows of people , money, resources and ideas affects the character of a place
tourism influences character of a place - hotels , employment opportunities
flows of investment means new buildings (land use) and new employment opportunities
migration - some places in the uk have a higher ethically diverse population due to migration
how has flows of money, people, ideas, resources affected the demographic of a place
flows of people - change the demographic of a place. eg. young people leaving a place because they cant afford it leaving older people.
flows of money- governments and people can invest in places providing new jobs and attract people to live there
ideas and resources - new ideas of birth control reduce population and affect the population size. many poorer countries have lowest usage of birth control and rapid population growth
how do flows of money, people, ideas, resources affect the cultural characteristics
flows of people- new people moving to a place or visiting it bring their culture with them.
flows of money, investment and ideas- new cultural ideas introduced to places to change the characteristics - fast food companies , KFC, McDonalds , more western food countries have opened in countries such as china
how are economic characteristics affected by flows of people
people visiting a place can change the way people earn a living. jobs alter as tourism increases
how does flows of resources affect economic characteristics
global markets are more accessible
more jobs, companies become bigger
how does flows of people affect social inequality
migration from rural to urban areas
social inequlities - flows of resources
outward flow of natural resources change levels of social inequality. eg, large amounts of oil extracted for lots of money but wealth goes to a small portion of people while there is still lots of poverty
flows of money affect social inequities
gentrification
improved social characteristics but made the gap between wealthy and poor bigger
