The Nature and Importance of Places

Question 1

What is a place? - Nature and Importance

Answer 1

More than just a physical location, a place is an area given meaning by people through experiences, interpretations and media.
A place is a location + a meaning.

Question 2

What are the 3 aspects of a place? Give an example for each. - Nature and Importance

Answer 2

Location, locale, sense of place
Location - Leeds, a city approx 200 miles North of London.
Locale - Cultures such as Leeds West Indian Carnival.
Sense of place - subjective, emotional experience of a place with regards to individual meaning.

Question 3

What is location? - Nature and Importance

Answer 3

A specific point in which an area is geographically located. Can be seen on a map, for example.

Question 4

What is locale? - Nature and Importance

Answer 4

Cultures, customs, traditions and groups associated with a particular area. Can be the impact that certain groups have on an area.

Question 5

What is sense of place? - Nature and Importance

Answer 5

A subjective experience someone has had to a place with regards to its meaning to them. Often very individual and personal.

Question 6

Give 3 examples of why a place might be important - Nature and Importance

Answer 6

Holds important memories, may be frequently visited by a person, may be a place where someone lives, may be a place someone plans to visit, may host notable events.

Question 7

What is topophilia? - Nature and Importance

Answer 7

A strong sense of attachment to a particular place.

Question 8

What is topophobia? - Nature and Importance

Answer 8

Topophobia is a strong aversion or dread associated with a place.

Question 9

What are the 3 aspects of IMPORTANCE of place? - Nature and Importance

Answer 9

Identity, belonging and well-being.

Question 10

What three levels of identity are there? - Nature and Importance

Answer 10

Identity can be seen through localism, regionalism and nationalism.

Question 11

What is localism? What form of localism is associated with an aversion to change? - Nature and Importance

Answer 11

Localism is a strong attachment to a small, local area. Nimbyism is the aversion to change to a local area, either through changes to its physical aspects or its demographic.

Question 12

What is regionalism? What aspects associate people with a region? What examples are there of regionalism leading to divisions in society? - Nature and Importance

Answer 12

Regionalism is the attachment to a wider area, comprised of smaller localities. Can be seen through similar ways of life, language/dialects.
Regionalism has notably seen regions wanting independence or separation from a wider area, such as Scotland from the UK or Catalonia from Spain.

Question 13

What is nationalism? What can this be channelled through? - Nature and Importance

Answer 13

Nationalism is a strong sense of devotion to a country or state. This can be channelled through flags, monarchies, national anthems, national values, sports etc.

Question 14

What does the homogenisation of urban places mean? What does it lead to? - Nature and Importance

Answer 14

The homogenisation of urban areas is the fact that urban areas are beginning to look similar/identical, which leads to placelessness.

Question 15

What is glocalisation? Give an example of this. - Nature and Importance

Answer 15

Glocalisation is the process by which multinationals adapt products and services to local markets around the world to suit these areas. Example is removal of pork from McDonald’s in Muslim countries.

Question 16

Name 3 factors that affect belonging - Nature and Importance

Answer 16

Any from age, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, religion, ethnicity, level of education.

Question 17

How does the Bristol Pound economically and socially preserve a community? - Nature and Importance

Answer 17

Economically: minimises the ‘leaking out’ of money from businesses to large scale corporations and banks.
Socially: Means that committed spenders can show loyalty to local produce, creating close links between customers and providers. Strong ethical decision to help independent businesses.

Question 18

What positives are there of local sourcing? - Nature and Importance

Answer 18

Reduces carbon footprint of produce supply chains, fewer pesticides used, less chance of monoculture/intensive farming, helps support local businesses and producers.

Question 19

What negatives are there of local sourcing? - Nature and Importance

Answer 19

Can cost much more than mass produced goods, can hinder development of less-developed nations who rely on agriculture, many consumers are RESISTANT TO CHANGE, not environmentally friendly to produce goods in winter, which requires heated greenhouses and LOTS of energy.

Question 20

How can people feel differently about different places? (Use Ground Zero as an example) - Nature and Importance

Answer 20

Some people may feel personally attached to the area of the memorial having lost a loved one in the attacks, yet others in the same situation may feel that the memorial is particularly tasteless and disrespectful.

Question 21

What are the typical characteristics of an insider? (Place of birth, citizenship, language, social interactions, state of mind) - Nature and Importance

Answer 21

Place of birth may be in that place, citizenship may be of that country or they may hold a passport, language may be that they can fluently speak the language there, social interactions may be that they participate in traditional activities or conform to social norms, state of mind may be happy, content, confident.

Question 22

What are the typical characteristics of an outsider? (Place of birth, citizenship, language, social interactions, state of mind) - Nature and Importance

Answer 22

Place of birth may be geographically far from that place, citizenship may mean they aren’t able to work or claim benefits, may not hold passport of that place or be a temporary visitor, language may not be fluent, social interactions may be awkward and may feel particularly alienated or homesick.

Question 23

What process is reducing the gap between near and far places? - Nature and Importance

Answer 23

Globalisation is reducing the gap between near and far places, by spreading transport, technology and internet.

Question 24

What is an experienced place? - Nature and Importance

Answer 24

A place people have spent time in and experienced events and customs there.

Question 25

What is a media place? - Nature and Importance

Answer 25

A place people haven’t been to but have created a sense of place through its depiction in the media.

Question 26

What are endogenous factors? Give examples - Nature and Importance

Answer 26

Endogenous factors are internal factors which shape the characteristics of a place. Can be physical or human. Land use, relief, landforms, infrastructure, demographic of the population, location, businesses in the area.

Question 27

What are exogenous factors? Give examples - Nature and Importance

Answer 27

Exogenous factors are external factors which flow between places. Can be usually resources or can be ideas. Resources, materials, money, people, ideas. Factors which relate to OTHER PLACES.

Question 28

What are Harrogate’s endogenous factors in terms of topography, built environment and infrastructure and location - Nature and Importance

Answer 28

Topography: relatively flat but high in altitude, hillier in rural areas.
Built/Infrastructure: Victoria Shopping Centre, railway and bus station, royal hall and Odeon are grade 1 listed buildings, pump rooms.
Location: 17 miles from Leeds, approx 200 miles from London. Southern area of North Yorks.

Question 29

What are Harrogate’s endogenous factors in terms of demographic, social + cultural characteristics, economic characteristics and land use? - Nature and Importance

Answer 29

D,S,C: Majority white eg Rossett Ward is 95% White British, 70% Christian. StrEat Festival annually.
Economic: Highest property prices in UK, Yorkshire Tea and Hgate Spring Water, Betty’s.
Land use: mostly urban land used for retail, with large area of Stray greenery used for leisure. Retail, housing, services.

Question 30

What are Harrogate’s exogenous factors in terms of people? - Nature and Importance

Answer 30

Migration between Harrogate and Leeds for work (Commuter Town), people move into Hgate from villages for work and education. Annual Yorkshire Show and Flower Show sees tourism, recently hosted UCI and Tour de France.

Question 31

What are Harrogate’s exogenous factors in terms of resources? - Nature and Importance

Answer 31

Has a large export of resources through Taylor’s of Harrogate, Betty’s, Harrogate Spring Water, Slingsby Gin.
Import of resources through presence of the Nightingale Hospital.

Question 32

What are Harrogate’s exogenous factors in terms of money and investment? - Nature and Importance

Answer 32

Trading, shops, investment by central government into local tourism and services. Yorkshire Show and other events bring in investment. Cyclists also travel through, paying for services.