More than it's physical location, a place isa space given meaning by people.
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Space
The 3D surface of the earth; further defined by human geographers as a container in which objects are located and human behaviour is placed out.
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Location
The physical position of somewhere that can be plotted on a map.
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Locale
A setting where everyday life activities take place, e.g. an office, park, cruise ship: people behave in a certain way, according to social rules or norms.
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Locale pt.2
A consideration of what makes up a place, taking into account people's influence on the setting e.g. community, culture and customs
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Sense of Place
An individual's subjective and emotional attachment to a place.
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Insider
Someone who is part of a place. This also means people who feel safe, secure and "at home" in a place.
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Outsider
Someone who is not part of a place. This could include excluded or alienated from society in a place.
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Perception of Place
This is what people feel about a place based on other influences e.g. books, films, stories and pictures.
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Placelessness
The idea that a particular landscape "could be anywhere" because it lacks unique features.
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Identity
Who a person is, both in terms of how others view them and how they view themselves.
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Endogenous Factors
This refers to the characteristics of the place itself, with the factors within a place helping to shape its character.
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Exogenous Factors
This is the relationship of one place with other places and the external factors that affect this e.g. Business relocation.
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Qualitative Data
Data to do with words, phrases and opinions.
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Quantitative Data
Data that has a specific value.
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Theoretical approaches to place - Descriptive Approach
Made up of the endogenous factors, describing the character of that place.
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Theoretical approaches to place - Social Constructionist Approach
Sees the place as a product of a particular set of social processes occuring at a particular time. (both endogenous and exogenous)
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Theoretical approaches to place - Phenomenological Approach
How an individual person experiences a place.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The 3D surface of the earth; further defined by human geographers as a container in which objects are located and human behaviour is placed out.
Back
Space
Card 3
Front
The physical position of somewhere that can be plotted on a map.
Back
Card 4
Front
A setting where everyday life activities take place, e.g. an office, park, cruise ship: people behave in a certain way, according to social rules or norms.
Back
Card 5
Front
A consideration of what makes up a place, taking into account people's influence on the setting e.g. community, culture and customs
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