Place- KQ2 How do we understand place?

Question 1

What 5 factors influence place perception?

Answer 1

GRASP

• gender
• religion
• age
• sexuality
• (role) performed

Question 2

Define 24 hour city

Answer 2

Some cities never ‘sleep’ as services and hospitals are open 24/7

Question 3

Define place

Answer 3

A location with a meaning to an individual or a community at a subjective level

Question 4

Define homogenisation

Answer 4

Global capitalism and multinational businesses create places that look and feel the same

Question 5

What is the impact of homogenisation on sense of place?

Answer 5

It can create a feeling of placelessness

Question 6

Define place attachment

Answer 6

The emotional bond between person and place

Question 7

Define nationalism

Answer 7

The loyalty or devotion to a nation state or nationalistic movement

Question 8

Define localism

Answer 8

Preference for one’s own region or area, this can manifest itself as protesting to ‘protect’ the area

Question 9

Define Just in time production

Answer 9

Products are only made when ordered or produced in short production lines which alter, so products are more unique

Question 10

Define space

Answer 10

A location without specific meaning to people

Question 11

Define time-space compression

Answer 11

A change in economic production, communications or transport systems which create a perception of a shrinking world

Question 12

Define glocalisation

Answer 12

A combination of globalisation and localisation used to describe a product or service that is developed and distributed globally but is also fashioned to accommodate the user or consumer in a local market

Question 13

Define globalisation

Answer 13

The process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of a massive increase in trade and cultural exchange.

Question 14

Which 3 areas are affected by time-space compression?

Answer 14

• economic production
• transport
• communication technologies

Question 15

What is just in time production?

Answer 15

Where goods are produced in shorter time and only in the volumes ordered

Question 16

How has just in time production led to time-space compression?

Answer 16

Reduction in order to delivery times

Question 17

How has delivery and warehouse stock control led to time-space compression?

Answer 17

• reduction for waiting times for products
• expectation of delivery to all locations
• very short times between ordering and delivery

Question 18

What is decentralised manufacturing?

Answer 18

Components of goods are produced in many different countries and assembled and sold close to markets

Question 19

How has decentralised manufacturing led to time-space compression?

Answer 19

• complex supply chains across many countries

- fast production and shipping times

Question 20

Give an example of an industry where decentralised manufacture is used

Answer 20

Car manufacturing

Question 21

Give an example of a company who used delivery and warehouse stock control

Answer 21

Amazon

Question 22

What is containerisation?

Answer 22

a system of standardised transport

Question 23

How has containerisation led to time-space compression?

Answer 23

• containers can easily be transferred between different modes of transport
• reduced time taken for loading and unloading at world ports
• reducing supply times
  e. g new Thames gateway, London

Question 24

How has air travel led to time-space compression?

Answer 24

• destinations are ‘brought closer’

- people can travel for business and tourism with ease

Question 25

How has air freight led to time-space compression?

Answer 25

• more goods travel by air
• wider market for perishable goods (e.g flowers from Kenya)
• faster delivery times
• wider range of products all year rounds so seasons are less noticeable

Question 26

How has social media led to time-space compression?

Answer 26

• people can speak to each other more easily

- distance between people isn’t perceived as as much of an impediment to communication

Question 27

How has videoconferencing led to time-space compression?

Answer 27

• businesses can connect to other offices and brances aboard
• meetings can be held more easily
• shrinks perception of distance
• enables capital to move more quickly

Question 28

How does time-space compression alter our sense of place?

Answer 28

• some people feel no longer ‘at home’ as it leads to such large changes in a place
• increases homogenisation
• contributes to a sense of placelessness
• places become less unique
• places feel closer

Question 29

Give examples of informal ways of representing place

Answer 29

Blogs
Television
Film
Music
Art
Literature

Question 30

Give 3 advantages of informal sources

Answer 30

• present the social and emotional context of a place
• more up to date and immediate than formal sources
• reach more people

Question 31

Give 3 disadvantages of informal sources

Answer 31

• biased
• intended to entertain rather than inform
• not necessarily fact based

Question 32

Give examples of formal sources

Answer 32

Cenus
Geospatial data
Maps
University papers

Question 33

Give 3 advantages of formal sources

Answer 33

• more likely to be objective and less affected by observer bias
• cover large sample size
• statistics verifiable

Question 34

Give 3 disadvantages of formal sources

Answer 34

• hard to access and contextualise data
• large data sets require governmental organisation
• scale of data may not match scale of interest

Question 35

What are the 4 aspects of globalisation?

Answer 35

• economic
• political
• cultural
• social