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what is placelessness?
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Idea that a particular landscape could be anywhere because it lacks uniqueness.
2
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example of placelessness?
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UK clone towns and highstreets.
dominance of chain stores
3
Q
what is space?
A
Somewhere that is unknown, unfamiliar. There’s no significance or importance. Lacks any substantial meaning
4
Q
what is place making?
A
The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a community’s quality of life.
5
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what is the tourist gaze?
A
Organised by business entrepreneurs and governments, and consumed by the public.
Human Geography: Changing Places
flashcards
Decks in class (19)
# Cards
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Place5
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Placelessness5
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Attachment4
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Types of places5
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Genius Loci1
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Place Character: Endogenous factors7
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Place Character: Exogenous factors8
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rio de janeiro 2016 olympic games8
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perspective on place insiders and outsiders4
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gentrification2
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regeneration of stratford for the 2012 olympic games5
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the 'other'3
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forces of change to place meaning2
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rebranding8
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theoretical approaches to place9
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globalisation of place in the context of changing places5
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medellin10
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glencore tax dodging in zambia7
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london docklands11
