What is a place
A location (space) with meaning
What us place making?
Deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction
What does it mean to “percieve”
To consider/view/regard
What is a “perception”
How something is considered/valued/regarded
What is localism?
An affection for emotional ownership of a particular place
What is regionalism
Consciousness of, and allegiance to a distinct region with a population that has similarities
What is nationalism
Loyalty & devotion to a nation/ country
What is an insider
To belong and identify with it
What is an outsider
To not feel like you belong to the place
What is belonging
Fundamental feeling of acceptance
What is positionality
Different people experiencing the same place differently
Whatbis topophillia
Strong emotional bond for a physical place
What is genius loci
The consideration to a places key characteristic and its context
What is an endogenous factor
Factors that originate internally that shape a place
What is an exogenous factor
A factor that originates externally, factors defined by the relationships with other places
What does homogenised mean
To do with globalisation eroding local culture, making places become identical
What is globalisation
The increase of trade around the world, especially by large countries who produce and export/import goods
What is glocalisation
TNCs having to adapt to local market places
What is placelessness
A place has no identity/ belonging
What is a clone town
High streets being dominated by chain stores making each of them very similar
What is urbanisation
People move from rural to urban areas because they are more attracted to better paid jobs and quality of life
What is suburbanisation
Urban sprawl causes the city to grow and improved transport links mean people can move further out of the city
What is counterurbanisation
People move from large cities to smaller villages and commute into the city
What is regeneration
Redevelopment of urban areas that have become run down
