Changing places

Question 1

What can form a place?

Answer 1

• sense of place
  > emotional attachment to a place
• location
  > where the place is on a physical map
• locale
  > where a place is set, or an event which is associated with the place

Question 2

What is perception of place?

Answer 2

• the way a place is viewed
  > influences by media representation or personal experience

Question 3

How can the aspect of a place change over time?

Answer 3

• physical characteristics
  > changes to the land
• human characteristics
  > people can migrate in which can effect character
• Flows in and out of the place
  > investment or disinvestment in the area
• Sense of place
  > how the feelings/attachment to the place changes

Question 4

What is the difference of an insider vs and outsider in perception of place?

Answer 4

• Insider is familiar with the place
  > them or their parents born in the place
  > a permanent resident of the place
  > will know the local language
  > will understand the unspoken rules and local norms
  > will feel secure, happy or at home
• outsider is not familiar with the place
  > not born in the country, immigrant
  > temporary visitor
  > won’t know the local idioms
  > will make faux paus or misunderstand social interactions
  > don’t feel that they belong or out of place

Question 5

How would someone’s positionality be different about a place?

Answer 5

• positionality is factors like age, gender, ethnicity, religion, politics, socio-economic status
• attachment or meaning may be different depending on the person

Question 6

How does distance change the perception of place

Answer 6

• near place is close geographically
  > may feel connected emotionally as there have been time spent there
  > may not feel connected as the place could be culturally, or economically different from where you live/are
• far place is far geographically
  > may not feel connected as there is no memories/perception of the place, feel like an outsider
  > may feel connected if grown up in but moved away

Question 7

How has globalisation altered our perception of near and far places?

Answer 7

• globalisation is the process of the world’s economies/ politics and cultures becoming more closely integrated
• travel has improved so more places can be experience
• ICT has improves so people can be more connected with far places due to media
  > seems less different
• people can be connected though the internet
  > connected to people and activities across the globe
• global companies can mean that far places have similar feelings with near places
• placelessness
  > how globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same, clone towns

Question 8

What is the difference of experienced vs media places?

Answer 8

• experienced places are places where you have spent time
• media places are places which have only been experienced through reading/shows/movies

Question 9

What are the two types of factors which shape a place’s character?

Answer 9

• endogenous: internal factors which shape a places character
  -exogenous: external factors which shape a places character

Question 10

What are endogenous factors which effect a place’s character?

Answer 10

• physical geography
  > relief, altitude, aspect, drainage, soil, rock type
  > Granite city of Aberdeen vs limestone cottages in Abbotsbury in Dorset or Oxford stone in Oxford
• location
  > urban vs rural, proximity to other cities and main roads, physical features like the coastline
• built environment
  > land use, age and type of housing, building materials, building density, infrastructure
• demographic factors
  > population size and structure
• mobility of the population
  > work or leisure
• cultural factors
  > heritage, religion, language
• socio-economic factors
  > employment, education, income, health, crime rates, local societies, well-fair

Question 11

What are the exogenous factors which can shape a place’s character?

Answer 11

• relative location to other places
• tourism
• flows of investment
• migration

Question 12

What is globalisation?

Answer 12

• the growing interdependence of countries worldwide though increased movement and exchange of people, goods, services, money, and ideas

Question 13

What is the tourist gaze?

Answer 13

• visitors will have different perceptions due to their positionality
• Effected by mediators who will influence what is seen by visitors

Question 14

How can different representations of a place be different?

Answer 14

• influenced by people’s perception
  > how the media is portraying the place
  >mediators influencing what is seen by visitors

Question 15

How can flows of people effect the character of a place? (THIS IS TAKEN FROM QUESTIONS AND MY OWN KNOWLEDGE PLEASE CHECK)

Answer 15

• people bring over their culture and language
  > have a community of people from the same country like China town
  > large number of people in an area are speaking another language
• people will bring over their food and businesses
  > the large number of curry restaurants in Manchester known as the Cutty Mile in Rushdome
• people may send remittances back to their origin country which can strengthen economic ties between the two countries

Question 16

How can links between other cities effect the character of place? (THIS IS TAKEN FROM QUESTIONS AND MY OWN KNOWLEDGE PLEASE CHECK)

Answer 16

• people may have secondary homes in the area
• Helford passage in Cornwall has many homes bought by people who live in London
• this then causes services to change depending on the peak times of travel
  > empty homes for large portions of the year
• may mean local businesses are unable to stay open as there is not enough support from locals all year round
• ‘tourist’ stores will open up and buy out local stores
• wealthy people moving in may an increase in house price and force locals to move out of the area

Question 17

How can investments change the character of a place? (THIS IS TAKEN FROM QUESTIONS AND MY OWN KNOWLEDGE PLEASE CHECK)

Answer 17

• investments from TNCS and chain stores
• causes homogenisation of the town centres
  > many of the same large chain stores
• causes a lost of the character of the place
  > Clone town
• may cause an increase in price and force locals to move out of the area

Question 18

What are Prince Charles’ ten architectural principles?

Answer 18

• Developments must respect the land: they should not be intrusive and should fit the landscape they occupy
• Architecture is a language: new designs should abide by grammatical rules to avoid dissonance with existing structures.
• Scale is also key: new buildings should respect both the human scale and the scale of the surrounding buildings.
• Harmony − the playing together of all parts: richness comes from diversity, but buildings should be in tune with their neighbours.
• The creation of well-designed enclosures: enclosed spaces are both more visually satisfying and encourage walking.
• Materials also matter: materials should be natural and local, drawing on traditional local styles
• Signs, lights and utilities. They can be easily overused: it is possible instead to control traffic using ‘events’ in the road layout which cause drivers to slow down
• The pedestrian must be at the centre of the design process: streets must be reclaimed from the car.
• Density: though density is critical, it can be achieved through traditional typologies such as the terrace or the mansion block.
  Flexibility: rigid conventional planning should be avoided in favour of flexible schemes.