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1
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what does geographer Yi-Fu Tuan say

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calls the people-place bond a ‘sense of place’

2
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where is the lake district

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  • England’s largest ‘National Park’ located in Cumbria
  • known for glacial ribbon lakes, rugged fell mountains and historic literary associations
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demographics of the lake district

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  • approx 40,800 people live there
  • significant historical/cultural sites within
  • predominate employment is tourism, unemployment is low
  • total dwellings - 22,930 but of these 67.7% owner occupied, 32.3% rented, 15% holiday/second homes
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what is topophilia and topophobia

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TOPOPHILIA - a strong attachment to a single place
TOPOPHOBIA - dread/adverse reaction to place

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what is topophilia and topophobia

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TOPOPHILIA - a strong attachment to a single place
TOPOPHOBIA - dread/adverse reaction to place

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why might tourists to lake district be 98% white british

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  • media dominated historic images of rural britain predating migration
  • lake district held to be ‘national icon’ intimidates people to feel like ‘outsiders’
  • most immigrants move to urban areas so feel disconnected to rural areas
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tourism in the lake district

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  • 17.32m visitors a year (2015)
  • 25.21m tourist days (2015)
  • visitors spend £1.2bn (2015)
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positive impacts of tourism

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  • needs of tourists creates jobs
  • tourists support local shops and products
  • money from tourists used to converse/improve area
  • services for tourists benefit local people eg public transport
  • local people value/care for environment
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negative impacts of tourism

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  • jobs in tourism often seasonal and wages low
  • prices rise in shops as tourists have more money to spend
  • shops cater for requirements of tourists not locals
  • damage to environment eg footpath erosion
  • demand for holiday homes pushes prices up
  • more pollution and litter
  • more traffic and parking issues
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what is a representation

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any means of communication by which people tell each other about places/people

contributes to production of place in people’s minds

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how are place represented

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  • social media
  • census data
  • adverts/promotional material
  • documentaries
  • music
  • education
  • geospatially
  • art/literature
  • fictional TV programmes
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difference between formal and informal representations of place

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FORMAL - are objective (based on facts, data)
INFORMAL - subjective (opinion/interpretation based eg paintings)

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why are media representations different to official cartography/factual records

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different:
- target audiences
- aims
- authors with different biases, perceptions, identities, attachments etc
-formal is more objective and give less biased representation of the place

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why do representations matter

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  • can affect our decision making whether to visit, invest or extent to which we care about a place
  • influences actions of investors and donors, from individual to NGO’s and international agencies
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how is continuity and change demonstrated in bermondsey

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  • poor district during preindustrial times when area straddled the road south from rivers only crossing point and housed noxious industries inspiring Oliver Twist
  • the Blitz destroyed much of the area and became focus for comprehensive renewal
  • in the 1980s the LDDC began a major redevelopment programme in the area, warehouses housed commercial development creating professional jobs
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what is the impact of global decisions on local place

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  • worldwide interdependence occurs due to nature of global economy, patterns of world trade
  • in 2015, VW breached regulations concerning emissions and less people bought them so bonuses werent received and profits fell, local businesses depended on VW employees spending and affected supply firms and other services