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big data

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describe extremely large datasets - learn a lot if we analyse effectively

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code

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title used by researcher to label and sort sections of text according to theme
different codes applied to individual paragraphs or lines of text within a qualitative data source

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deciles

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one of ten equal subsections that a population may be divided up into, according to distribution of ranked values of a particular variable

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demographic characteristics

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characteristics of popualtion

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deprivation

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meaningful measure of povert, defined in terms of people’s lack of access to social and economic necessities
The Townsend Index of material deprivation incorporation 4 variables: unemployment, non-care ownership, non-home ownership, household overcrowding

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dialext

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particular form of language which is peculiar to a place, region, social group

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distant place

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somewhere individual or society perceives being physically distant
beyond spatial distance, such perception may be shaped by networks of infrastruction (transport, communication) or access to them
such as place may be viewed by some as different, alien, exotic

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endogenous factor

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key aspect of places local geography that helps shape its unique character e.g. geology

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English Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

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measure of deprivation which ranks neighbourhoods across the country according to combination of 7 domains of deprivation
used to inform national and local government decision-making and associated patterns of investment

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exogenous factors

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relationship with another place/s that help to shape unique character of place e.g. membership of European Union
seen in movement or flow of people, resources, money, ideas across space

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fairtrade

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value-based organisation and trademark that aims to tackle injustices of globalised economy

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forces of change

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range of different individuals, community groups, companies, governments, national and international institutions that influence the place-making process

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gatekeeper

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describe individuals within a community or insitution who grant researcher access to people or sources of data by virtue of their economic role or social standing

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genius loci

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describe key characteristics of place, with which any new developments must concur

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geospatial data

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data with spatial or geographic component, meaning it can be mapped

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ghetto

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area of city in which large numbers of people of particular minority ethnic group live

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heritage tourism

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travel to experience places, artefacts, activities that represnt stories and people of past

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identity

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who a person is, both in terms of how others view/define them, how they see themselves
shaped by where they live and homeland (place of birth)

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locale

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setting where everyday life activities take place
people behave in certain way in a locale, according to social norms or rules

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location

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physical position that can be plotted on a map

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metropolitan

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spatial area that is greater than the limits of city it relates to
includes densley-populated urban core and its surrounding suburbs that are bound to city by employment, commerce and infrastructure

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myths

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socially-constructed versions of reality that may as result of of history be thought of as common sense

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national identity

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one’s feeling of association with and sense of belonging to a nation or country

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Orientalism
Edward Said's theory that historically Europeans held patronizing view of people in Orient, a region that included the Middle East, north Africa, Asia Europeans viewed these cultures as being not only exotic but decadent and corrupt such view of Orient was used to justify actions of imperial powers some theorists aruge that it is a view of these cultures that persists in West today
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other
someone or something that is different, alien, exotic person living in distat place defined by 'other' by individuals or society as result of the perceived contrast between 'them' and 'us'
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out of place
feeling of not being 'normal' in context of aprticular society or locale
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place
more than its physical location, place is a space given meaning by people
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placelessness
idea that particular landscape 'could be anywhere' because it lacks unique features some UK highstreets criticised for being dominated by identically-branded chain stores
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place study
investigation of place and its developing character involving collection, analysis and interpretation of both quantitative and qualitative data including representations of it in media
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planning blight
reduction of economic activity and property values in particular lace resulting from expected or potential future development or restrictions on development
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provenance
context in which a soruce or text is produced, which may give clues to its purpose
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racial integration
bringing together and mixing of different racial groups qhich previously were segregated
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rebranding
process to rename and reimage location to boost footfall, investment and wider social and economic prospects of place cultural reconstruction of place (reimaging) likely to employ range of diff media, to contest existing images or meanings of same location
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Rust Belt
region that stretches across north-east USA, the Great Lakes and Midwest states that suggered from economic decline of key industries; once called Steel Belt
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segregation
separation of people of different backgrounds, wealth, cultures, nationalities
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sense of place
individual's subjective and emotional attachment to a place, its place meaning
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social exclusion
prevention of groups from being included within particular communities, perhaps as result of poverty
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socially constructed
concept that perception of area or landscape not down to its innate presence but has been artificially constructed perhaps by powerful members of elite or companies and community groups
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space
three-dimensional surface of Earth container in which objects are located and human behaviour is played out
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spatial exclusion
prevention of groups from being included within particular space or location such as with gated communities
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topography
shape of land and distribution of its features
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topophilia
strong attachment to place
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topophobia
dread or adverse reaction to place
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tourist gaze
what visitor sees or experiences of place of interest organised or edited by professionals in the tourist industry
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trailhead attraction
primary attraction to which visitors flock and from which they are subsequently redirected to secondary attractions benefitting the wider district, city, region
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underrepresentation
when proportion of group participating in activity is significantly lower than proportion should be, according to whole population statistics e,g, in 2001 less than 1% of visitors to National Parks were of minority ethnic background, whereas porportion of minority ethnics in UK population as a whole was 10%
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white flight
movement of white people out of city to suburbs
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xenophobia
fear of people from other countries
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attachment
strong bond to a place
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clone town
settlements where the high street dominated by chain stores
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experienced place
those places that person has soent time in
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glocalisation
when multinational companies adapt to local marketplace e.g. McDonalds
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insider
dominant groups with social, economic, cultural power within a place, may make people in minority feel out of place
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media place
those places that person has only read about or seen in film
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perception of place
way a place is viewed or regared by people can be influenced by media representation or personal experience
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outsider
person or group of people who may feel 'out of place' due to actions of dominant group
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re-imaging
disassociates a place from bad pre-existing images in relation to poor housing, social deprivation, high levels of crime, environmental dereliction can attract new investment, retailing, tourists, residents

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