Changing Places

Question 1

What is place?

Answer 1

A space with meaning

Question 2

3 aspects of place

Answer 2

Location - where a place is on a map
Locale - features of a place e.g office,
Sense of place - subjective and emotional attachment to a place

Question 3

topophobia

Answer 3

the dislike or fear of a place

Question 4

topophilia

Answer 4

the emotinal attatchment and love of a place

Question 5

what is a homogenous place?

Answer 5

a place which lacks distinct character (placelessness)

Question 6

localism

Answer 6

an affection/emotinal ownership of a local place

Question 7

Regionalism

Answer 7

loyal to a distinct region with a population that shares similiarities

Question 8

Nationalism

Answer 8

loyalty/devotion to a nation (patriotism)

Question 9

Insider

Answer 9

Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcome there

Question 10

Outsider

Answer 10

Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place

Question 11

Near place

Answer 11

Places that feel like home, are physically near

Question 12

Far place

Answer 12

Places we see as foreign and different

Question 13

Experienced places

Answer 13

Places people have spent a long time in developing a sense of place

Question 14

Media places

Answer 14

Places the we perceive through the media and create a sense of place through what we have seen through the media

Question 15

What are endogenous factors

Answer 15

Factors that occur within a place that shape the character of it

Question 16

name 6 endogenous factors

Answer 16

Location
Physical geography/topography
Demographic
Economic characteristics
Land use
Infrastructure/built environment

Question 17

What are exogenous factors

Answer 17

Factors that occur outside a place that shape the character of a place

Question 18

Name 3 exogenous factors

Answer 18

Relations with other places
Migration
Tourism

Question 19

How has globalisation affected peoples experience of geographical distance

Answer 19

Improvement to travel technology and internet means far places are quicker to get to and more easily connected. Improvements in ICT mean people become more familiar with media places

Question 20

how has globalisation affected place

Answer 20

some argue that globalisation has made place less important as the forces of global capatalism have eroded local cultures + produced homgenised places

Question 21

what is glocalisation

Answer 21

the practice of adapting global products, services, or brands to suit local markets

Question 22

features of a transition town

Answer 22

• food growing groups
• comunnity owned breweries
• comunity relationships
• transition street projetcs
• renweable energy sources

Question 23

topophilia

Answer 23

strong attatchement to a place

Question 24

topophobia

Answer 24

dislike of a place

Question 25

Genious loci

Answer 25

spirit of a place. suggests every place has a unique spirit or atmosphere

Question 26

agents of change

Answer 26

group of people, who work to impact a place including government policies, TNCs, global institutions

Question 27

examples of agents of change and what they do

Answer 27

- Government policies - attract buisness to place + stimulate positive multiplier effect - TNCs - creates employment - global institutions - provie aid, funding, financial stability

Question 28

place marketing

Answer 28

how places are 'sold' to people marketing companies may be employed to improve or create positive perceptions of place.

Question 29

re imaging

Answer 29

changing exisiting negative perceptions of place - attracting new investment, tourism and residents

Question 30

rebranding

Answer 30

giving new identity that is appealing to people + investors

Question 31

statistics e.g census data

Answer 31

give quantitative information in form of charts/graphs dont give sense of place

Question 32

maps

Answer 32

show data by location can be quantative or qualitative may be inaccursate + unreliable

Question 33

photography/films/art

Answer 33

show what places look like + give sense of place only represent what artist wants you to show

Question 34

3 advantages of qualitative data

Answer 34

- Art can reinforce as well as reflect place identity and uniqueness - Many layers of place identity can be represented at the same time - Can compare with the past timescales

Question 35

3 disadvantages of qualitative data

Answer 35

- Very difficult to compare places - Based on opinions and choices made by those creating the source - Some things are ignored, such as what is on the outside of photograph frame

Question 36

3 advantages of quantatative data

Answer 36

- Data is reliable and factual - Data can be compared across different places - Can be used to compare data across timescales as well as spatial scales

Question 37

3 disadvantages of quantatative data

Answer 37

- Opinions are ignored - Averages can often hide the outliers or misrepresent a pattern - Geospatial data can be unreliable and hide patterns, particularly at the edge of spatial intervals

Question 38

why did plymouth need rebranding

Answer 38

bombed during ww2 deprivation

Question 39

aims of plymouth

Answer 39

connect city to its past stimulate economic growth through increases tourism + media exposure create jobs

Question 40

outcomes of plymouth

Answer 40

5.3 million visitors generated over £280 million invested over 5 million in local infastructure generated 5400 jobs

Question 41

what did totnes do to combat globalisation

Answer 41

- defeated attempts of costa opening - 6000 signing a petition - launched own pound - kept money circulating in local economy rather than "leaking" out to national corporations + encouraged people to shop locally

Question 42

benefits of totnes

Answer 42

- support local economy - reduce carbon emissions by up to 1.3 tonnes per year - building stronger sense of community

Question 43

Need for gentrification in notting hill

Answer 43

- after ww2, became deprived, working class area. - heavily populated by caribbean immigrants because it was cheap - led to race riots

Question 44

gentrification

Answer 44

a process in which traditionally run-down + cheaper areas of an inner city are improved by the influx of wealthier people who invest money into area + renovate property

Question 45

positive impacts of gentrification in notting hill

Answer 45

less crime increased employment nicer area improvement in public services

Question 46

negative impacts of gentrification in notting hill

Answer 46

displacement loss of comunity - shift in demographic loss of diversity 46% decline in black residents social segragation property prices increased by 60%