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Workbook One Flashcards

1
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what’s the four main aspects of the unit

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

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what does the nature and importance of a place mean

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

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how would you describe what relationships and connections in place mean

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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

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what does the representation of a place mean

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

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what does the meaning of a place mean

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

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what does continuity mean

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

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what’s a place

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a location that can be identified on a map

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what does place equal

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place = space + meaning

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9
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what do the words gemeinschaft and gesellschaft mean

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gemeinschaft - rural
gesellschaft - urban

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what does topophilia and topophobia mean

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topophilia - loving a place
topophobia - hate this place

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what does liminal mean

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between urban and rural

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12
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what does placeless mean

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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what’s an insider

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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

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what’s a NIMBY

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

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

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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

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

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immigrants
people who are part of the LGBT

20
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what’s an experienced place

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a place where someone has spent time at

21
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what’s a media place

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

22
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what are endogenous factors

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

23
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what are exogenous factors

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

24
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what’s some things that are examples of endogenous factors

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

25
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what’s some things that are examples of exogenous factors

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

26
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define locale

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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

27
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define sense of place

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

28
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define perception of place

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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

29
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define location

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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

30
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what are our two case study locations

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Darlington (familiar)
Wasdale (Unfamiliar)

31
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what wards within darlington do we focus on

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College
Park East
Northgate

32
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what’s a council ward

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an area within town that elects councillors

33
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what district council area is wasdale located in

A

Copeland

34
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what coast within cumbria is wasdale located

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western coast

35
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what two council wards do we focus on in terms of wasdale

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Seascale
Gosforth

36
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what’s 3 approaches to studying places

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descriptive approach
social constructionist approach
phenomenological approach

37
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what’s a descriptive approach

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

38
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what’s a social constructionist approach

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

39
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what’s a phenomenological approach

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

40
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what’s three different scales used to describe place

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localism
regionalism
nationalism

41
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what’s four positive points about globalisation

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-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

42
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what’s four negatives about globalisation

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placelessness
no local cultures/identity
no community
clone towns

43
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define clone town

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

44
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define glocalisation

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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

45
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define localisation

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

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