Nature and Importance of Place

Question 1

Place

Answer 1

Location with meaning

Question 2

Placelessness

Answer 2

Loss of uniqueness of a place in the cultural landscape

Question 3

Location

Answer 3

Where a place is on a map- latitude and longitude

Question 4

Locale

Answer 4

Where everyday life activities occur- churches, offices, parks

Question 5

Sense of Place

Answer 5

Subjective and emotional attachment to a place

Question 6

What are the 3 main aspects of a place?

Answer 6

Location (physical and human characteristics)
Locale
Sense of place

Question 7

What are the 3 main parts to the importance of a place to someone?

Answer 7

Identity
Belonging
Well-Being

Question 8

Insider

Answer 8

People who live in a place

Question 9

Outsider

Answer 9

People who visit a place

Sense of place often more abstract

Question 10

Near Place

Answer 10

Local area where people live, work and places they visit regularly

Question 11

Far Place

Answer 11

Global in scale and include both physical and virtual places

Question 12

Experienced Places

Answer 12

Place we know and have visited

Question 13

Media Places

Answer 13

Places people have read about or have seen on a film

Question 14

Private Place

Answer 14

Places we are experienced with and which we form attachments with

Question 15

Public Place

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Field of Care

Answer 16

Bond between people and place or setting

Question 17

Endogenous Factors

Answer 17

Characteristics of a place or the factors that have originated internally

Question 18

Exogenous Factors

Answer 18

Relationship of one place with other places, and the external factors which effect this

Question 19

Endogenous Factors Examples (6)

Answer 19

Location 
Topography- impacts land use
Natural resources- industries
Demographic 
Soil type
History

Question 20

Exogenous Factors Examples (5)

Answer 20

Flows of Investment 
Government funding
Flows of people- gentrification, tourism, migration
Globalisation 
Flows of resources

Question 21

What type of places are people more likely to feel like insiders in?

Answer 21

Near Places

Question 22

3 main ways globalisation has impacted on place?

Answer 22

Global companies- placelessness
Internet- people very experienced with media places
Transport- far places relatively quick to get to, go more frequently

Question 23

In the past, places have mainly been influenced by ______ factors

Answer 23

Endogenous