changing places

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  • Created by: Toby
  • Created on: 31-05-23 20:14
what is placelessness?
Placelessness suggests that a place is not unique. For example, most UK high streets have a
Costa Coffee, Greggs, Ladbrokes and a Tesco
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what is an experienced place?
Places that we have actually visited
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what is a media place?
Places we have not visited, but may have learned about through media
representations
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what is a near place?
Those which are close to us. Near places are subjective
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what is place character?
Place character relates to the specific qualities, attributes or features of a location that make it
unique
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what are endogenous factors?
Those which originate from within the place and are local

for example land use, topography, location, infrastructure
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what are exogenous factors?
Those which originate from outside a place

examples include money and investment, people, resources and ideas
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what is place meaning?
is shaped by the past and present connections of a place on a variety of
scales from global to local
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what is rebranding?
process by which forces of change aim to adapt the place meaning of a
location through both exogenous and endogenous factors
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where is brick lane located?
east London, England, in the Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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what is brick lane famous for?
Curry

migrants such as Jewish people, bagel shops, mosques

Truman brewery which is now a shopping centre

today its famous for its art and fashion
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what are some demographics of brick lane?
diverse

300,000 live in tower hamlets

41% of people in brick lane are Muslim

80% of people living in brick land are economically active

491 per 1000 population, double national average
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where/what is Poundbury?
prince Charles dream village

located in Dorchester, construction started in 1993, scheduled to be completed in 2026

400 acres of land
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what are demographics of Poundbury?
94% white British

4000 people live there, of which 1200 are employed

housing prices in Poundbury- 300,000- 500,000
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