What does location mean?

What does location mean?-Where it’s located on a map, longitude etc.What does locale mean?-Each place is made up of locales where everyday life activities occur e.g. home, parks -Dictate people’s social interactions and forge attitudes, values, behaviours -A place where something happens e.g. specific event happens e.g.Reading Festival What does sense of place mean?-The subjective and emotion attachment to a place What is the difference between the location, the locale, and the sense of place?-Location is where a place. Is and its. Position or coordinates on a map -Locale is the setting where something happens -Sense of place is about it being associated with particular events How do people develop a sense of place?-From living and working there -From visiting as a tourist -Real-life experiences and memories help develop a sense of place -Places create memories known as place memory -Place memory refers to the ability of a place to make t he past come to life in the present What is the difference between a sense of. Place and a perception of place?-Sense – base on real life experiences of a place and memories of that experience -Perception – developed through what people hear, seen or read about a place, normally from media without visiting it What does space mean?-An area with no meaning What did Yi-Fu Tuan say about the different between space and place?-It is the extent to which a human beings have given meaning to an area What factors help form a place attachment?-Family, friends, religion -Gender, age, education -Morals, ethnicity, experiences, interests -Strong experience = strong attachment What is the tripartite model of place attachment?-Place attachment = The emotional bond between a person and place -Person - Who is attached, indicates attachment to place can occur individually and collectively -Place - What is attached, social relationships that exists within the realm of an individuals significant place. The natural and built physical environments can be subjects of person-place bond -Process How does attachment exist. Collective effects of effective cognitive and behavioural aspects What does place making mean?-Re-imaging -Re-branding -Regeneration Do places have to be fixed?-No e.g. Cruise ships, camper vans -People have shared for specific period which evoke sense of belonging there What does the concept of place mean? (6) -Location -Physical features e.g. topography -Human features e.g. demographic and built environment -Flows of a place e.g. money and ideas -Sense of place – emotional meaning and attachments people hold -Constantly changing – over short and long timescales e.g. changing industry -Different people have different sense of same place 1 / 2

-People create identity based on places they’re attached to e.g.shared identity of groups who live together, locally, regionally, nationally How can a place be important?

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e.g. place of birth -Marketing of holiday destinations e.g. Florida -Certain food might be grown or produced there e.g. lettuce – Spain -Defines you through a sense of place How could a person have identity to a place locally?-Localism -Emotional ownership of a place -Rare subjection to political sense -Can be demonstrated in nimbyism -When people are reluctant to be affected by development How could a person have a regional identity?-Loyalty to a region that shares similarities e.g. accent, football club How could a person have a national identity?-Loyalty and devotion e.g.patriotism -National flag -Religion -Current events What is the localisation of place?-Promotion of goods and services -Place – political symbol for people fighting against global capitalism -People who live locally = shop locally which keeps money in local economy -Less money lost globally -KFC introduced a range of china specific foods e.g. traditional Chinese breakfast breads -Macdonald doesn’t serve pork in Muslim countries What does it mean to belong to a place?-To be part of a community -To be increasingly seen as a factor to make a place successful and sustainable What influences the feeling of belonging or not belonging?-Age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity -Socio-economic status What are the causes of the changing in changing places?-Conflict, terrorism -Climate change, natural disasters What factors make a good place?-Uses and activities -Comfort and image -Access and linkages -Sociability Explain the relationship between place and feelings of identity, belonging and wellbeing?-Place can be critical in the construction of identity -Usually, our own home and local geographical area give us a sense of place which is associated with our belonging and wellbeing -A sense of security in knowing where we are and what we expect gives us a feeling of belonging -Allows us to feel a loyalty to a place or region and becomes part of our identity What is a near place?-Geographically near to where a person live -Places than feel like home -Where people would live in a similar way to which we live -We feel secure and this has a prop for our identity -Form our national identity as a country What is a far place?-Distant to where a person lives -Places we see as foreign, alien and different -Division between them and us -UK and France = neighbours but different What is the difference between a near and a far place?-Several. Potential meanings. Can refer to geographical distances between places -Could describe the emotional connection with a place and how comfortable a person feels

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