Changing Places Full FC

Question 1

Accessibility

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How easy it is to travel to a place or interact with an individual.

Question 2

Analyse

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Break down the content of a topic, or issue, into its constituent elements in order to provide an in-depth account and convey an understanding of it.

Question 3

Attachment

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A sense of binding to a particular location due to positive and intense experiences.

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Built Environment

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The buildings and infrastructure within an urban area.

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Capital

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Productive assets, goods or financial stakes.

Question 6

Character

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The physical and human geographic features that distinguish a particular place and make it unique. Physical geographic factors include climate, topography and physical features e.g. rivers. Human geographic factors include the land use, built environment and demographic and cultural features.

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Commuter

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An individual who regularly travels a distance between their residence and their employment.

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Conflict

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A state of disagreement caused by the perceived or actual opposition of needs, values and interests between people. Geographically, it is often about opposing views about the ways in which a place may be developed or used. The result is negative tension between the parties involved.

Question 9

Cultural characteristics

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To do with how people live their lives e.g. the foods, customs, clothing, traditions, language, art and values people have in a place.

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Cultural Enrichment

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The addition of ideas, traditions and beliefs due to the arrival of new people.

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Culture

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The way of life of a particular group of people at a particular time, generally customs and beliefs.

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Demographic

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The characteristics of a population.

Question 13

Demographic characteristics

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To do with who lives in a place and what they’re like. They include factors such as gender, education level, religion, birth rates and ethnicity.

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Deprivation

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Individuals lack basic services or objects they would expect to have in the 21st Century.

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Diversity

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Variation within a population, in their characteristics, background and behaviour.

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Endogenous factor

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The internal factors that shape a place’s character. These could be physical, e.g. its location, topography and physical geography, or they could be human e.g. the land use, built environment, infrastructure and demographic and economic characteristics.

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Ethnic Clustering

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Residential areas with similar cultures, ethnicity or religions. This may be to avoid isolation or to live locally to special services and facilities (places of worship, local shops, etc.)

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Ethnicity

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The cultural background of a group of people, often based on religion or country of origin.

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Exogenous factor

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The external factors which shape a place’s character, including the relationship or links to other places and the flows in and out of a place e.g. the flows of people, resources, money and ideas.

Question 20

Experienced place

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A place that someone has spent time in. When a person visits or lives in a place their experiences, such as the things they see and the people they meet, shape their sense of place.

Question 21

Factor

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One of the things that affects an event, decision, or situation. A cause.

Question 22

Far place

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A place that is either geographically far away or a place that is unfamiliar/uncomfortable to a person.

Question 23

First space data

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This means an attempt to understand a place in terms of quantitative analysis, looking at what is physically present in a place, and is empirically measurable (e.g. demographic data and socio-economic data)

Question 24

Flow

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A form of linkage between one component and another that usually involves the movement of people, ideas, money or resources.

Question 25

Genius Loci

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The ‘spirit’ of a place, based on its history, culture and daily atmosphere. 


Question 26

Gentrification

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Renovation of older/deteriorating buildings or areas with the aim of attracting high-income individuals or elite businesses to a place.

Question 27

Governance

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The management of a place or group of people.

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Idyll

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A location with ideal living conditions and good qualities. Often based on a perception.

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Inequality

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Differences in income, well-being and wealth between individuals, communities and society.

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Infrastructure

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The basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively.

Question 31

Insiders

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People who feel like they are ‘part of’ a place; they feel included within the place and have a strong connection to it.

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Internal Migration

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The movement of people within a country.

Question 33

Life Expectancy

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The average number of years an individual is likely to live, determined at birth.

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Lived Experience

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The contribution of experiences and opportunities to an individual’s views and values.

Question 35

Locale

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The place where something happens or is set, or that has particular events associated with it. Unlike location, locale takes into account the effect that people have on their setting. In terms of locale, a place is shaped by the people, cultures and customs within it.

Question 36

Location

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A specifc point on the Earth's surface. 'Where' a place is e.g. a place's coordinates on a map.

Question 37

Media

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The publishing of information and production of entertainment (e.g. BBC, local newspapers, radio stations). 


Question 38

Media place

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A place that someone has not been to, but have created a sense of place through their depiction in the media (e.g. books, art and film)

Question 39

Multicultural

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The existence, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single geographic area.

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Near place

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A place that is either geographically close or a place that you personally feel is welcoming and familiar.

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Outsiders

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People who feel like they are not ‘part of’ a place; they feel isolated and may not have a strong connection to the place.

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Perception

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The way in which a place is viewed or seen by people.

Question 43

Place

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A location with meaning. Geographers refer to three aspects of place: location, locale and sense of place.

Question 44

Place making

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The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a community's quality of life.

Question 45

Place marketing

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This is how places are 'sold' like products to consumers.

Question 46

Place meaning

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Individual or collective perceptions of place.

Question 47

Placelessness

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The loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape.

Question 48

Population Density

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The number of people per square kilometre.

Question 49

Positionality

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A theory in which different people perceive places in different ways depending on certain factors such as gender, race, age, religion, socio-economic status.

Question 50

Qualitative data

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Information that is non-numerical and used in a relatively unstructured and open-ended way. It is based on opinion. It is descriptive information, which often comes from interviews, focus groups or artistic depictions such as photographs.

Question 51

Quantitative data

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Data that can be quantified and verified, and is amenable to statistical manipulation.

Question 52

Re-imaging

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This involves changing existing negative perceptions of places.

Question 53

Rebranding

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This involves giving a place a new identity that is appealing to people and investors.

Question 54

Regeneration

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This is a long-term process of development using social, economic and environmental action to reverse urban decline and create more sustainable communities.

Question 55

Representation of place

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How a place is portrayed or seen in society.

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Second space data

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These are subjective accounts of personal experience and capture a sense of place in a way that first space accounts cannot.

Question 57

Segregation

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The separation of a group from other groups this can be through force or voluntarily. Segregation can often occur due to housing strategies or regeneration projects.

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Sense of place

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The subjective feelings people have about places, including the role of place in their identity and group identity.

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Social Clustering

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Groups of people with similar background frequently living together. 


Question 60

Social Exclusion

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The inability of a group of people to become involved in the cultural activities of a place. 


Question 61

Stakeholder

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A person or group that have an interest in place, for example pre-existing residents, local businesses or potential investors.

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Third space data

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One of the most useful ways to understand a place is to consider both quantitative and qualitative data, or Third space representations. In this way we build a rich image of what a place is like and how it is experienced and perceived.

Question 63

Urbanisation

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An increase in the proportion of a population living within urban areas.

Question 64

‘The Other’

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People of different background or identity to an individual.