Changing Places Flashcards

Question

What's an experienced place ?

Answer 1

A place where someone has spent time and had an experience, have memories of it.

Answer 2

A theme park like Thorpe Park is an experienced place because you have been there and have memories of it.

Answer 3

A place that you haven't physically been to but have seen or read through media: social media, newspaper, websites, film ...

Answer 4

The eiffel Tower, because you haven't been there, but you've seen it in films

Answer 5

A place we become attached to, like our home or our phone

Answer 6

Places that are accessible to everyone like a shopping centre.

Answer 7

**Experienced Places:** Places that a person has physically visited and experienced, building a sense of familiarity and connection. **Examples:** Your hometown, a place you've traveled to, a school you attended. **Sense of Place:** The longer you spend in a place, the stronger your sense of place becomes, shaped by your lived experiences. **Attachment:** People develop attachments to places through lived experience, which can be positive (topophilia) or negative (topophobia). **Media Places:** Places known through media representations (films, books, social media, etc.) without personal experience. **Examples:** A city featured in a movie, a country you've only seen in travel brochures, a place you've only read about. **Perception:** Media representations can shape our perception of a place, potentially creating an idealized or biased view.

Answer 8

**Near Places:** These are locations that feel close to us, physically or emotionally. They are places we know well, have visited, or have strong connections to. Examples include our home town, neighborhood, or places we regularly visit. The concept of "near" is subjective and can vary based on individual experiences and cultural contexts. **Far Places:** These are locations that feel distant, either physically or emotionally. They are places we might not have visited or have limited knowledge of, often relying on media or stories for our understanding. Examples include countries or regions far away from our home. The concept of "far" is also subjective and can be influenced by factors like travel time, cultural distance, and media representation.

Answer 9

The characteristics of a place itself that originate from within (internally).

Answer 10

Socioeconomic characteristics Demographic characteristics Infrastructure Topography (shape of land) Physical geography Land use Location Built environment

Answer 11

Factors that are caused externally and are flows.

Answer 12

*Flow of people* - migration *Flow of money and investment* - economic and trade *Flow of ideas* - design, invention *Flow of resources* - materials, e.g, for buildings

Answer 13

Increased migration has led to more diverse populations Urbanisation is driven by the search for employment, creating more ethnic and cultural urban environments

Answer 14

Many HICs have shifted from manufacturing to service, tech and research economies so new economic hubs have emerged. Also has led to economic decline and unemployment in some areas (losing manufacturing jobs)

Answer 15

It's increased exposure to different cultures, blending them, allowing more understanding and acceptance. But it also caused loss of some local traditions and cultural homogenisation.

Answer 16

Clones towns are created due to spreading of chain stores so that loads of towns all have the same shops and look the same. Can create a sense of placelessness.

Answer 17

Globalisation, with its increased interconnectedness and resource consumption, has significant environmental impacts, including resource depletion, pollution, and climate change, with consequences both locally and globally. **Increased Consumption:** Globalization drives up global consumption, leading to higher demand for resources like fossil fuels, minerals, and water. **Deforestation:** The demand for land for agriculture, logging, and infrastructure expansion, often fueled by global trade, leads to widespread deforestation. Overfishing: **Mining and Resource Extraction:** The extraction of resources in developing countries to meet the demands of global markets can cause environmental damage, including pollution, habitat destruction, and land degradation. **Air Pollution:** Increased industrial activity and transportation, both driven by globalization, **Increase Waste and Plastic Pollution:** The global production and consumption of plastic, much of which ends up in oceans and landfills, pose a significant environmental threat. **Greenhouse Gas Emissions:** The burning of fossil fuels for energy, transportation, and industrial processes -> climate change and **Rising Sea Levels** **Urbanization:** Globalization can lead to rapid urbanization, which can strain local resources, increase pollution, and lead to social and environmental problems. **Resource Scarcity:** Due to increased demand **Pollution:** Industrial and agricultural activities, often linked to global trade, can cause localized pollution, impacting human health and the environment.

Answer 18

Individuals Local community groups Local government National government National institution Global and international institutions: e.g. UN, EU... TNCs

Answer 19

Advertising Cartography (maps) Statistically (census data) Tourist agency material Art exhibitions Qualitative and Quantitative data

Answer 20

They use strategies to manipulate perception of place to attract people by: Place marketing Rebranding Reimaging

Answer 21

Creating positive perceptions of place in ways like : Advertising e.g. through social media Newsletters and websites New logos New promotions of events

Answer 22

Redeveloped and marketed places gain a new identity, involves place marketing

Answer 23

Discarding negative pre-existing perceptions of a place

Answer 24

Long-termwq process involving redeveloping an area

Changing Places Flashcards

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