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1
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Define place

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“Locations with meaning”

2
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Define location

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A point in space with specific links to other points in space ie. where a place is with specific coordinates on a map

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Locale

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Where everyday life takes place. These setting affect social interactions and is shaped by the people, cultures and customs in it
NOT a physical location

4
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Sense of place

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The subjective and emotional attachments people have to a place. May be completely different from someone else’s perspective

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Insiders

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  • strong relationship to a place
  • familiar with “daily rhythms”
  • shared experience
  • sense of place in the community
  • perspective is intimate
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Outsiders

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  • sense of place is vague and abstract
  • view is often about discover/learning about the place
  • draw on experiences of other places
  • outsider perspective is neutral
  • feeling out of place
7
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Far places

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These are global in scale and include both physical and virtual spaces

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Near places

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The local area where people live, work and places they regularly visit eg. a shopping centre

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Experienced places

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Places we know and have visited. May also include places such as work where global events/economics can impact upon the experience of the workers eg. they are laid off

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Media places

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The impact of electronics, meaning many people today have “no sense of place”- they occupy media places

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Private places

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Places with which we are experienced with and which we form attachments with

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Public places

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Places which are connected with natural history, art or state power

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Field of care

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Affective bond between people and places/settings-through experience we form attachments
-field of care not easily understood by outsiders

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Endogenous factors

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Caused by or originate from within

  • includes demographic and economic characteristics
  • can involve past and present processes
  • location
  • topography
  • land use
  • infrastructure
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Exogenous factors

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Caused by or have an origin from outside

  • often associated with globalisation
  • have affected a place because of their tendency to accelerate cultural homogenisation
  • significant movies into the place of resources, capital investment and ideas
  • people from other places move in
16
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Endogenous factors in Stratford upon Avon

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  • located on abridging point of River Avon
  • underlying clay geology
  • 35m above sea level
  • A46 leading to Birmingham
  • midland railway line to Birmingham
  • average age is 44
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Exogenous factors in Stratford upon Avon

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  • tourism (led to tertiary industry)
  • ‘tourist gaze’- people visit birthplace of Shakespeare
  • flows of investment (chain stores eg. McDonalds)
  • imported resources (eg. food and drink)
18
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Social reasons for change

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  • online shopping leads to closure of high street shops
  • schools and universities alter demographics of a place
  • education level impacts residents aspirations and job prospects within a place
  • higher divorce rates- coupled need 2 houses not 1
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Economic reasons for change

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  • deindustrialisation
  • globalisation
  • technological improvements have changed to way people shop (eg. online shopping)
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Environmental reasons for change

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  • environmental legislation (eg. Paris Agreement)
  • better knowledge on pollution- people may not want to live near a main road (house prices decrease)
  • sea level rise may cause a place to change
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Political reasons for change

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  • government initiatives to solve issues- such as building more houses to solve the housing crisis
  • globalisation leads to intergovernmental ties (can help with legislation)
22
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Local forces for change- New Era Estate

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  • constituency of Hackney South and Shoreditch
  • 73% of housing rented by private landlords
  • 2013 estate was bought by Westbrook Partners
  • residents faced increased rent/eviction
  • petition signed by 300,000 people to stop investors- enlisted help of Russel Brand
  • influx of wealthy residents in London is driving up housing prices
  • as a result of protests 96 houses sold to not-for-profit investor Dolphin Living
  • means tested rent scheme put in place
23
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TNCs as forces of change- Red Car Steelworks, Teesside

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  • steelworks provided jobs
  • part of identity of Teesside
  • 2015 steelworks Blighty by Sahaviriya Steel (SSI)
  • company was generating £500m loss per year
  • gov. now buy steel from China
  • SSI requester gov. help but they refused
  • gov. offered £80m support package for 2200 workers
  • even before closure 14% of residents weee claiming out-of-work benefits
  • some forced to leave Teesside to find work