A Level Geography- Topic 2b, Changing Places

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Sense of place
The emotional attachment someone can feel in a place/ about a place.
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Perception
Our opinion of a place based on what the media publish.
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Identity
The reputation a place has based on activity, setting and sense of place.
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Meaning
A combination of identity and sense of place.
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Representation
How a place is shown by different quantitative and qualitative sources.
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Place character
The physical characteristics and setting of a place.
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Lived experience
How people feel about a place based on their own experiences.
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Near (categories of a place)
Places that are similar to where we live, where people live a similar way of life.
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Far (categories of a place)
Places that are distant where people live in contrasting ways to us.
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Experienced (categories of a place)
Places we have visited and developed our own sense of place.
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Media (categories of a place)
Place we have learnt about in the media.
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Endogenous factors
Internal influences of the identity of a place (e.g. land use, demographics & economic characteristics).
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Exogenous factors
External influence of a place (e.g. people, money, resources & ideas).
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Place
1. Location.
2. Locale.
3. Sense of place.
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Clone towns
When places lose their sense of place and uniqueness and become placeless.
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Insider perception of a place
A sense of place that's developed through everyday experiences in familiar settings.
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Outsider perception of a place
A sense of place that's more vague and abstract, which is more about discovery.
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Voluntary exclusion
When people choose to be excluded and separate from society.
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Involuntary exclusion
When outsiders feel like they may not belong in a place.
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External forces
Forces that come from outside that invoke change of a place.
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Corporate bodies
A legal identity that can be recognised by a particular name that's private or voluntary.
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Government bodies
Parts of the government that work towards change.
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Regeneration
When a place is redeveloped and changed to encourage improvement.
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Place making
When a place is made in a particular way for a specific purpose.
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Rebranding
When a place is given a new reputation/ identity for a particular purpose.
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Gentrification
When an area's status is upgraded to improve an area's wealth.
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Adaptation
The ability to respond to changing events ad to reduce current and future vulnerability to change.
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Attachment
The emotional connection between individuals and a place.
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Belonging
When someone feels a part of the community, which helps make a place sustainable and successful.
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Globalisation
The impact of the world development on nations, regions and localities.
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Identity
How people view changing places from different perspectives and experiences.
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Inequality
Social inequalities between people and places. Income & wealth inequality can threaten socities.
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Interdependance
Links between economies and societies through mutual global dependence through world economy, trade communications & productions.
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Thresholds
The minimum demand or population needed to support the provision of goods or services.
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Meaning
An individual/ collective perception of place within society that can change overtime.
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Place-memory
The ability of place a make the past come to life in the present.
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Rebranding
Strategy used to discard negative perceptions of a place and make it more desirable to live, invest and work in.
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Reimaging
Seeks to discard negative perceptions of a place & generate new positive ideas of a place.
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Localism
Emotional ownership of a place; usually reluctant for local developments.
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Regionalism
Consciousness of and loyalty to a specific region.
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Nationalism
Loyalty & devotion to a nation; tends to be strengthened by common interests/ traditions.
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Descriptive approach (theories of a place)
The idea that the world is a set of places, each place can be studied & is distinct from eachother.
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Social constructionist approach (theories of a place)
When a place is seen as a product of a certain set of social processes that occurred at the time.
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Phenomenological approach (theories of place)
How individuals experience place & how there's a personal relationship between place and person.
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Our opinion of a place based on what the media publish.

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Perception

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The reputation a place has based on activity, setting and sense of place.

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Card 4

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A combination of identity and sense of place.

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Card 5

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How a place is shown by different quantitative and qualitative sources.

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