The Concept and Character of Place

Question 1

How is place defined?
5 ways

Answer 1

Location
Physical characteristics
Human characteristics
Flows in & out
Sense of place

Question 2

How can the physical characteristics of a place change?

Answer 2

Significant events can happen for example a volcanic eruption.

Question 3

How can human characteristics of a place change?

Answer 3

People moving in and out of a place - migration

Question 4

How can flows in and out of a place change?

Answer 4

Investments or closures

Question 5

How can sense of place of a place change?

Answer 5

Childhood compared to adult memories

Question 6

Why is the idea of place important?

Answer 6

Because many people create their identity based on the places that they feel connected to.

Question 7

How can a shared identity be seen?

Answer 7

Locally
Regionally
Nationally

Question 8

What is an insider?

Answer 8

Someone who is familiar with a place and who feels welcome in that place.

Question 9

What is an outsider?

Answer 9

Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place.

Question 10

What are 3 factors that can make a person feel like an insider or an outsider?

Answer 10

Age
Sexuality
Gender

Question 11

What is a experienced place?

Answer 11

Places that people have spent time in which their experiences help shape their sense of place.

Question 12

What is a media place?

Answer 12

Places that people have not been to but have created a sense of place through their depiction in media.

Question 13

What is a near place?

Answer 13

Can be thought as geographically near to where a person lives.

Question 14

What is a far place?

Answer 14

Distant from where a person lives.

Question 15

Why has globalisation affected people’s experiences of geographical distance?

Answer 15

Improvements in travel
Improvements in technology
Internet

Question 16

What is placelessness?

Answer 16

Describes how globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same.

Question 17

What are endogenous factors of a place?

Answer 17

The internal factors which shape a place’s character - can be physical or human.

Question 18

What are exogenous factors of a place?

Answer 18

The external factors which shape a place’s character including the relationship to other places and flows in and out of a place.

Question 19

What is location?

Answer 19

Where a place is.

Question 20

What is topography of a place?

Answer 20

The shape of the landscape.

Question 21

What is physical characteristics of a place?

Answer 21

Refers to the environmental features of a place.

Question 22

What does land use mean?

Answer 22

Refers to the human activities that occur on the land.

Question 23

What does infrastructure mean?

Answer 23

Refers to the structures built for transport, communications and services.

Question 24

What are 3 demographic factors of a place?

Answer 24

Age
Gender
Birth Rates

Question 25

What are some economic characteristics of a place?

Answer 25

Income
Employment Rates
Types of Job available

Question 26

What is gentification?

Answer 26

Where wealthy people move into run-down areas and improve the housing.

Question 27

How can character of places be influenced by their relative location to other places?

Answer 27

Commuters travelling to and from work.

Question 28

How does tourism influence the character of many places?

Answer 28

Can create employment for locals

Question 29

How can flows of investment affect a character of a place?

Answer 29

Land use, environment and type of employment can change.

Question 30

How can migration influence the character of places?

Answer 30

Can give places their unique demographic characteristics.
Can create cultural enclaves.