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Space and Place SG1 Flashcards

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Define Place

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A location and locale with meaning, Places can be meaningful to individuals or groups in ways that are personal or subjective and also at a social or cultural level

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Define Space

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A location without meaning

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Define Location

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A place on the map e.g. a grid reference or latitude/longitude coordinate

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Define Locale

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A setting whereby everyday life activities take place e.g. office, park school

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What is formed in locale settings?

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Attitudes and behaviours are forged by social interactions in such locations, We tend to behave in a particular way driven by the social norms we understand

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Define Sense of Place

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The subjective attachment to a place e.g. its emotional/personal meaning

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What are three examples of qualitative data collection methods?

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Questionnaires, Land use survey, Mental maps

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What are three examples of quantitative data collection methods?

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Bi-polar surveys, Environmental quality survey, pedestrian count

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What does the Place Wheel provide?

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A way of judging a public space/place

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What does each quadrant of the Place Wheel deal with?

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Different aspects of the characteristics which can be used to measure the quality of the place/space

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Define Coding

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A process in which qualitative data is categorised to help with presentation and analysis

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Define Representation

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The description or portrayal of a place or people in a particular way

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Define Formal Data

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Representation of a place based on statistical data which can be geolocated, It tends to be objective

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Define Informal Data

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A representation of a place through the media, Does not necessarily reflect the actual world so can be subjective

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Define Objective

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Not influenced by personal feelings

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Define Subjective

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Is influenced by personal feelings

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What are three advantages of informal data?

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Different sources show a range of perspectives, Useful for creating a ‘sense of place’, Wide variety of sources available

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What are three disadvantages of informal data?

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May not give full picture, Representation may not be time framed, Representation can be misinterpreted or manipulated to support a point

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What are three advantages of formal data?

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Direct comparisons can be made, Census is food for showing data at a range of scales, Data is time-framed so can identify change over time

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What are three disadvantages of formal data?

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Tells us little about human experience, Dependant on the reliability of the data, Data can be misinterpreted or manipulated to support a point

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Define Perceptions

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The way in which a place is viewed or regarded by people, It is subjective

22
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What can perceptions be influenced by?

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RAGERS

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What does RAGERS stand for?

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Role, Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Religion, Sexuality

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What can a person’s emotional attachment to a place influence?

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Their behaviour and activities in a place

25
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Define Diaspora

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The spread of an ethnic or national group from their homeland e.g. Jews from Israel or Kurds from Kurdistan

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What is one way emotional attachment can influence people?

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When they do not have a clear defined and self-governed homeland, Some of this group may exist as a diaspora

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Who are the Kurds?

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A distinct community, united through race, culture and language

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Which four countries do most Kurds live in?

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Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria

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Define Insider

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Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcome/belongs to it, They have strong emotional attachment to a place

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Define Outsider

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Someone who feels unwelcome/don’t belong, The place is incidental to their needs

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Define Globalisation

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The increasing interconnection of the world’s economic, cultural and political systems

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Globalisation and time-space compression can…

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… Alter a sense of place, creating feelings of familiarity or sense of dislocation

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Define Global Village

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A term used to describe the closer connections places now have

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Define Time-Space Compression

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A set of processes leading to a shrinking world caused by reductions in relative distances between places

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What do people say we are doing to create a shrinking world?

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‘Speeding up and spreading up’

36
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What flows are included in time-space compression?

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Flows of people, goods and ideas

37
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What are globalisation and global brands leading to?

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Placelessness

38
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Define Clone Town

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Refers to towns where high streets or major shopping centres are becoming increasingly dominated by global chains

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