Place, Space and Landscape

Question 1

Ayodhya, India

Answer 1

Babri Mosque built on Hindu Temple that was torn down

Considered sacred by both Hindus and Muslims

Question 2

Bamiyan Budhas

Answer 2

In Afghanistan

Destroyed by the Taliban (conflict of Religious beliefs)

Question 3

Derelict Landscapes

Answer 3

Places people do not like
devastating history linked to them (abandonment, misuse, disinvestment, or vandalism)
may be viewed as “haunted”

Question 4

Ken Foote

Answer 4

Wrote about different ways places of tragedy are treated:
designation-marker is created but the events lose much of their potency
rectification- rebuilt to erase event
obliteration-destroyed and made into something new entirely
Sanctification- made into memorial

Question 5

Tim Edensor

Answer 5

landscapes can be haunted
   place radically changed
   place is abandoned or decays
   encounter deep nostalgia in a place
   landscape is viewed as       materialization of loss by a number of people

Question 6

Chimayo

Answer 6

sacred place
A place of healing because of the hot spring (minerals in the mud actually did help healing)
Catholic & Native americans elements

Question 7

District

Answer 7

part of Lynch’s framework
a relatively uniform area that people mentally enter or leave
i.e. business district or ethnic neighborhood

Question 8

edge

Answer 8

part of Lynch’s framework
barriers where several paths meet and help divide districts
many are paths
i.e. walls, shorelines, rr tracks

Question 9

Ganges River

Answer 9

Varanasi

Sacred pilgrimage destination in Hindu religion

Question 10

Hagia Sophia

Answer 10

Sacred Places can be sacred to members of different religions as well
Was once a cathedral, then spent time as a mosque, now its a museum

Question 11

Hajj

Answer 11

pilgrimage to Grand Mosque in Mecca
once a year
Millions of muslims travel to walk/pray around the Kaaba during Hajj

Question 12

Imageability of urban space

Answer 12

People have an easier time constructing mental maps of certain kinds of urban landscapes
Depends on both order and disorder
shaped by paths, landmarks, nodes, districts and edges relevant to you

Question 13

Jerusalem

Answer 13

Most Sacred City in the world

to Jewish, Christian and Islamic

Question 14

Landmark

Answer 14

physical reference points

Question 15

Landscapes as text

Answer 15

landscape can be read and written by people
places contain many layers of meaning; can’t label them
meanings can be interpreted using Semiotics that send messages about identity, values, beliefs, and practices

Question 16

Landscapes of tragedy

Answer 16

Ken Foote wrote about how tragic landscapes are treated

designation, rectification, obliteration and sanctification

Question 17

Lourdes

Answer 17

pilgrimage site of Christians

most visited sacred site in Europe

Question 18

Kevin Lynch

Answer 18

Environmental Perception
Mental maps are created using Wayfinding and 5 elements of urban images
The ideal places for urban wayfinding have quite a bit of regularity but also some disruptions(these include landmarks and edges and district divisions) so people can figure out where they are

Question 19

Mental Map

Answer 19

cognitive images people organize using paths, nodes, edges, landmarks, and districts
simplify and distort real-world environments
compiled through behavioral patterns and also influence behavior

Question 20

Node

Answer 20

strategic points for travel like street corners, city squares, traffic junctions

Question 21

path

Answer 21

channels along which people move

can be streets, but not necessarily

Question 22

pilgrimage

Answer 22

a journey to a sacred space

Question 23

Preference Surface

Answer 23

isoline maps can illustrate places people prefer

people draw on their cognitive images to determine where their specific preference surfaces are

Question 24

Robert Sack

Answer 24

humans like animals are territorial, we use this for the coordination of activities and our resources

Question 25

territoriality

Answer 25

the persistent attachment of individuals to a specific location or territory
purposes:
coordination of activities, control of resources
Humans are more visual- white picket fence to mark off territory

Question 26

Nested Territories

Answer 26

your house is within a neighborhood which is within a district…etc.

Question 27

wayfinding

Answer 27

how we get around in our own space

depends on imageability of places (refer to Kevin Lynch’s arguments)

Question 28

humanistic geography

Answer 28

different people comprehend the landscape differently 
the individual (especially their values, meaning systems, intentions, and conscious acts) is placed at the center of geographers analysis of a place