Changing Places

Question 1

what are endogenous factors? list examples

Answer 1

• characteristics that originate internally within a place that influence its properties and behaviours

e.g. location, topography, physical geography, land use, built environment and infrastructure, demographic and economic characteristics

Question 2

what are exogenous factors? list examples

Answer 2

• external influences that originate from outside a place or system that affect it

e.g. relationship with other places, media, migrants, capital (investment), resources, ideas (e.g. urban planners)

Question 3

define location

Answer 3

where a place is on a map, its latitude and longitude

Question 4

define locale

Answer 4

settings where everyday life takes place

Question 5

define sense of place

Answer 5

the subjective and emotional attachment to a place we have

Question 6

what is topophilia?

Answer 6

a strong attachment to a place

Question 7

what is topophobia?

Answer 7

a dread or adverse reaction to a place

Question 8

what are the 3 categories of places?

Answer 8

1. near and far places
2. experienced places
3. media places

Question 9

what can experience do?

Answer 9

turn ‘far’ places into ‘near’ and space into place

Question 10

define ‘character’ of a place

Answer 10

the physical and human traits that distinguish a place from another

Question 11

what factors affect the character of a place?

Answer 11

• physical geography; relief, height, aspect, drainage
• demographic, cultural & economic; levels of homeownership, ethnicity, age, etc.

Question 12

how many people migrated to the UK from 2005-2009?

Answer 12

1.5 million

Question 13

what is the malthouse square project?

Answer 13

money raised by the community in Beaconsfield to redevelop a local playground in 2008

Question 14

what are the opinions of locals surrounding the malthouse square project?

Answer 14

most believe it is positive, raised banks will discourage antisocial behaviour