Changing Places

Question 1

Place

Answer 1

it’s location

Physical characteristics

Human characteristics

Everything that flows in and out of - people, money, ideas, resources

Sense of the place - emotional meaning

Question 2

Insiders and Outsiders

Answer 2

Insider - familiar, welcome, belonging - residents of a country sharing same cultural values

Outsider - unwelcome, excluded, don’t belong - international immigrant

factors could be age, sexuality, gender

Question 3

Experienced or Media places

Answer 3

Experienced - visits or lives in a place - experience shape sense of place

Media - not been too - sense of place shaped by media - books, art, films

Question 4

Place

Answer 4

its location

Physical characteristics

Human characteristics

Flows in and out - people, money, ideas, resources

Sense of place - emotional meaning

Question 5

Insider and outsider

Answer 5

Insider - familiar, welcome, belonging

Outsider - unwelcome, excluded, no belonging

Factors - sexuality, age, gender

Question 6

Experienced and media

Answer 6

Experienced - visited or lived - personal experiences shape sense of place

Media - not visited - sense of place shaped by media - books, art, films

Question 7

Globalisation on place

Answer 7

travel technology mean far places are quicker to reach

ICT improvements mean more media places

People can remain connected in far places

Question 8

Endogenous factors

Answer 8

Location - e.g coast or inland

Topography - shape of the landscape

Land use - farming, industry

Demographic - who live there

Economic - income, employment rate, type of job

Question 9

Exogenous factors

Answer 9

Relative location

Flows of people, resources, money, ideas

Question 10

Demographic change caused by shifting flows

Answer 10

People - age, gender balance

Money and investment - attract people - redevelopment

Ideas and resources - birth control to reduce population size

Question 11

Cultural change due to flows

Answer 11

People - bring their culture - language, religion, food, music

Question 12

Economic change due to flows

Answer 12

People - tourism, changes job types low -> high skill

Resources - local products sold globally

Money and investment - outward-> deindustrialisation
inward -> LIC industry, HIC tertiary sector

Question 13

Social inequality due to flows

Answer 13

People - LIC rural to urban - slum development

Resources - outward flow of natural resources from LIC

Money and Investment - gentrification increase inequality - Notting Hill

Question 14

Strategies to alter perception of a place

Answer 14

Place marketing - place advertised or ‘sold’ - to move or invest in this place

Reimagining - changing existing negative perceptions - redevelopment of brownfield sites

Rebranding - a new identity that is appealing

Question 15

How places are represented

Answer 15

Quantitative - statistics (census) or maps of economic or demographic data

Qualitative - films, art, poetry, photos, maps (happiness - info on sense of place)