Geography- Changing Places
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- Changing Palces
- 2.1- The highs and Lows of Place
- Placelessness : an area that lacks uniqueness. when global forces have a greater influence on shaping place than local factors.
- Tourist experiences of place of interest are mediated by professionals in the tourist industry.
- All Places have a differing meaning and importance for individuals; they perceive them differently according to their own experiences
- Placelessness,increased uniformity= a British problem
- 2.2- Defining Place and Identity
- The concept of place has 3 different aspects: location, Locale and Sense of place.
- Our understanding of, and attachment to, our environment expands with age.
- The central importance of our home informs our identity.
- Any change/threat to that place may lead to greater consciousness it, - localism, nationalism.
- Many groups in society are actively excluded form Britain today.
- Some BME Britons feel out of place in rural areas, in part, as result of historical representations of rural Britain in the media.
- 2.3- Categories of place.
- We perceive near and far placed differently.
- Such differing perceptions have informed a wide spectrum of human behaviour from the use of mocking names for different nationalities.
- Time- space compression is changing our experiences of the so-called friction of distance.
- Media places, which we have only seen images of or heard about, increasingly inform our everyday lives.
- Geographers have contrasting views on whether our understanding of experienced and media places is similar or different.
- 2.4- What shapes the character of places?
- Endogenous factors, physical(geology) + human (local culture)
- Exogenous factors: relationships with other places.
- Exogenous factors may regulate trade,ideas, movement of people += evolving built environment
- Demographic characteristics of a place (using census data) helps inform us about character of place.
- EU immigration into the UK, influenced character and culture.
- 2.5- The dynamics of change
- All places are continuously re-shaped by social processes.
- Social Processes can originate locally and internationally.
- Social Processes operate at regional government, or international institutions+ global organisations (the WTO).
- Past and Present connectioins shape places.
- Community + local groups also shape place.
- 2.6- Management + Manipulation of place meanings.
- External agencies, as well as community groups aim to influence place meanings to shape behaviour.
- The rebranding Plymouth was intended to promote the cities cultural amenities, in order to retain skilled workers.
- in Llandudno local entrepreneurs helped publicise the historical link with the Alice in wonderland story.
- Visit Britain's 2015 social media campaign made Britain's regional sites more user friendly to Chinese tourists.
- 2.1- The highs and Lows of Place
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