8.1 - The Nature and Importance of Places

Question 1

Define place (3)

Answer 1

A location (where a place is)

Locale - Impact of people on a setting (shaped by culture and people)

Sense of place - Emotional and subjective attachments. Differ from different perspectives

Question 2

What is an insider?

Answer 2

Someone who knows the place well and it familiar wit hit’s daily events

Question 3

What is an outsider?

Answer 3

Doesn’t know the place well or is marginalised from society

Question 4

How are shopping centres public and private?

Answer 4

Public access but CCTV and security

Question 5

What is a far place?

Answer 5

Somewhere that is far away but ICT and development means hat this place can seem closer than it actually is

Question 6

Define topophilia

Answer 6

Strong sense of love for a place

Question 7

Define topophobia

Answer 7

Fear or dread of a place

Question 8

What is an experienced place?

Answer 8

Area that we have visited before

Question 9

What is a media place?

Answer 9

Places that differ through the media. Not always read (Hogwarts)

Question 10

Difference between rural and urban areas

Answer 10

Rural - wholesome living and quiet

Rural - busy and sophisticated

Question 11

How are rural areas different to the idea people have?

Answer 11

Poor transport links. less economic developed

Question 12

2 factors what contribute to the character of a place. Give 3 examples of each

Answer 12

Physical - Stone the buildings are made of

           - Topography
            - Land use

Demographic / economic - Local dialects

                                        - Employment
                                        - Education

Question 13

3 scales of identity

Answer 13

Localism
Regionalism
Nationalism

Question 14

What is localism?

Answer 14

Emotional ownership of a place that is reflected in NIMBYism

Question 15

What is NIMBYism?

Answer 15

Not in my back yard. Don’t want development

Question 16

What is regionalism?

Answer 16

Loyal to a region where people have similarities

Question 17

What is nationalism?

Answer 17

Devotion to a nation. Strengthened by national anthem, sporting events

Question 18

3 forms of globalisation. Describe them

Answer 18

Economic - Flow of trades / goods. Caused by TNCs
Social - Spread of people, ideas, media
Political - Diffusion of government policies

Question 19

Define placelessness

Answer 19

A place that could be anywhere and lacks uniqueness

Question 20

What happened when Costa announced a new store opening in Totnes?

Answer 20

Local people protested as they were full of independent business and didn’t want the money to leave the area

Question 21

Define tourist gaze

Answer 21

What the government want the tourists to see

Question 22

Name 3 endogenous factors

Answer 22

Land use, topography, infrastructure

Question 23

Name 2 exogenous factors

Answer 23

Migration, capital

Question 24

Define endogenous factors

Answer 24

Local characteristics that creates a place’s identity

Question 25

Define exogenous factors

Answer 25

Relationships with other places

Question 26

Define place attachment

Answer 26

Relationships or emotional bond developed between people and place. Can result in being part of a self identity

Question 27

Define place identity

Answer 27

Meanings that people attach to a place from everyday experiences and the way it’s represented in the media

Question 28

Define genius loci

Answer 28

Spirit of a place

Question 29

Name the two types of exclusion

Answer 29

Social and spatial

Question 30

What is spatial exclusion

Answer 30

Certain areas being excluded. Either chosen or by lack of investment

Question 31

Give 5 examples of people who may suffer from social exclusion

Answer 31

``` Homeless Disabled Immigrants Poverty Old people ```

Question 32

What is a gated community

Answer 32

Enclosed residential space where people are rich and control who enters and leaves. Tends to have lower crime rates and high house prices

Question 33

Define place memory

Answer 33

Ability of a place to make the past come to life in the present. Through monuments and museums

Question 34

Define place perception

Answer 34

How a place is viewed by people. Either by the media or experiencing it

Question 35

Define place representations

Answer 35

How places are portrayed in the media

Question 36

Define contest place

Answer 36

Tensions or conflict arise due to conflict on how the place can be managed or used