Workbook One

Question 1

what’s the four main aspects of the unit

Answer 1

nature and importance of a place
relationships and connections
meaning of a place
representation of a place

Question 2

what does the nature and importance of a place mean

Answer 2

what defines a place, such as it’s human and physical characteristics
any past or present processes of development?

Question 3

how would you describe what relationships and connections in place mean

Answer 3

how one place links to another
changing demographic and cultural characteristics
impacts of external forces and agencies
shifting flows of people, money, resources and investment

Question 4

what does the representation of a place mean

Answer 4

the portrayal of a place in films, tv , advertising, books, poetry etc
how a place is shown in the media

Question 5

what does the meaning of a place mean

Answer 5

the attachment and role a place has on people
meaning can be changed or influenced by development or agencies

Question 6

what does continuity mean

Answer 6

the way places or things stay the same over time, the opposite of change

Question 7

what’s a place

Answer 7

a location that can be identified on a map

Question 8

what does place equal

Answer 8

place = space + meaning

Question 9

what do the words gemeinschaft and gesellschaft mean

Answer 9

gemeinschaft - rural
gesellschaft - urban

Question 10

what does topophilia and topophobia mean

Answer 10

topophilia - loving a place
topophobia - hate this place

Question 11

what does liminal mean

Answer 11

between urban and rural

Question 12

what does placeless mean

Answer 12

a place which feels like it could be anywhere and lacks identity

Question 13

what’s four reasons economic geographers will be interested in place

Answer 13

-employment rates
-the number of people in different types of employment
-average incomes in rural vs urban
- house prices

Question 14

what’s three reasons political geographers will be interested in place

Answer 14

-who the majority of people vote for
-how places are run or governed
-planning laws

Question 15

what’s four reasons social geographers will be interested in place

Answer 15

-population demographics
-immigration/emmegration
-life expectancy
-crime rates

Question 16

what’s an insider

Answer 16

a person who lives in a place or visits one very often, they know how a place works such as the timings of public transport or shop opening hours etc

Question 17

what’s a NIMBY

Answer 17

A person who opposes change in an area that will affect them
Not In My Back Yard

Question 18

describe how even though someone might live in a place they could still have an outsider perspective

Answer 18

for example if someone is homeless they will have a very different lived experience of someone who has a nice house and a good job etc

Question 19

what’s 2 other groups of people who may feel like outsiders in the place they live

Answer 19

immigrants
people who are part of the LGBT

Question 20

what’s an experienced place

Answer 20

a place where someone has spent time at

Question 21

what’s a media place

Answer 21

one that someone has seen in the media like a TV show or read about, it’s a place you haven’t visited

Question 22

what are endogenous factors

Answer 22

the characteristics of a place or things that may have originated there, internal factors m

Question 23

what are exogenous factors

Answer 23

the relationship, links and connections of one place with other places and external factors

Question 24

what’s some things that are examples of endogenous factors

Answer 24

location, topography, physical land, land use, built environment, demographic etc

Question 25

what’s some things that are examples of exogenous factors

Answer 25

relationship with other places, such as in terms of flows of people and money

Question 26

define locale

Answer 26

involves thinking about a place in relation to where something happens, it is how places are shaped by people, the effects they have on it and the culture and customs within a place

Question 27

define sense of place

Answer 27

this is the subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place, this various depending on the person

Question 28

define perception of place

Answer 28

this describes the thoughts that people may have about a place, either based on their personal experience of visiting it or from what they have heard or read about it

Question 29

define location

Answer 29

the physical site and situation of a place in terms of where it is in relation to its surroundings and other places, it’s often expressed using latitude and longitude, grid references or the distance and direction from another place

Question 30

what are our two case study locations

Answer 30

Darlington (familiar) Wasdale (Unfamiliar)

Question 31

what wards within darlington do we focus on

Answer 31

College Park East Northgate

Question 32

what’s a council ward

Answer 32

an area within town that elects councillors

Question 33

what district council area is wasdale located in

Answer 33

Copeland

Question 34

what coast within cumbria is wasdale located

Answer 34

western coast

Question 35

what two council wards do we focus on in terms of wasdale

Answer 35

Seascale Gosforth

Question 36

what’s 3 approaches to studying places

Answer 36

descriptive approach social constructionist approach phenomenological approach

Question 37

what’s a descriptive approach

Answer 37

focusing on the characteristics and locations of a place that makes it distinct from others

Question 38

what’s a social constructionist approach

Answer 38

seeing places as having been produced by certain social processes that have occurrd

Question 39

what’s a phenomenological approach

Answer 39

related to how different people experience a place and the arrangements they form from it

Question 40

what’s three different scales used to describe place

Answer 40

localism regionalism nationalism

Question 41

what’s four positive points about globalisation

Answer 41

-familiar or similar shops for tourists -companies can adapt to the culture in an area -you know what your getting in global chains -economies of sale=good for consumers

Question 42

what’s four negatives about globalisation

Answer 42

placelessness no local cultures/identity no community clone towns

Question 43

define clone town

Answer 43

a term used to describe settlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores

Question 44

define glocalisation

Answer 44

describes global companies adapting their brand to meet the need of local places, such as in muslim countries mcdonald’s doesn’t sell pork products

Question 45

define localisation

Answer 45

a focus on local products and services in a place, keeping brands out