Changing places

• Commuter

  An individual who regularly travels a distance between their residence and their employment
• Demographics


  The characteristics of a population.
• Diversity


  The characteristics of a population.
• Clone town


  Settlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores.
• Endogenous 


  Characteristics of the place, internal factors e.g. location, physical geography, land use
• Exogenous.


  Factors that have an external cause or origin.
• Experience in place


  Those places that a person has spent time in.
• What characterizes a Clone Town?

  High street dominated by chain stores
• What is the definition of Attachment in geography?


  A strong bond to a place
• What does Endogenous refer to in geographical terms?


  Internal factors like location and geography
• How are Exogenous factors defined?

  Factors with an external cause or origin
• What is an Experienced Place?

  A place a person has spent time in
• What does Glocalisation mean?

  Multinational companies adapting locally
• Who are considered Insiders in a place?

  Dominant groups with social power
• What does Locale refer to in geography?

  Effect of people on their setting
• What is meant by Location in geographical terms?


  Where the place is on a map
• What is a Media Place?


  A place known only through media
• How is Perception of Place defined?


  How a place is viewed by people
• What does Placelessness refer to?


  Homogenisation of places like Starbucks
• What does Objective mean in the context of geography?


  Not influenced by personal feelings
• Who are Outsiders in a geographical context?


  People feeling out of place
• What is a Qualitative source?


  Non-numerical information used openly
• What defines a Quantitative source?


  Data that can be quantified statistically
• What is Rebranding in geographical terms?


  Redeveloping and marketing a place
• What does Re-imaging aim to achieve?

  Disassociate a place from bad images
• What is meant by Sense of Place?

  Emotional attachment people have to a place
• How is Subjective defined in geography?


  Influenced by personal feelings and opinions
• What does Topophilia refer to?


  A strong attachment to a place
• What is Topophobia?

  A dread or adverse reaction to a place
• What are the key terms related to Changing Places?

  • Attachment
  • Clone Town
  • Endogenous
  • Exogenous
  • Experienced Place
  • Glocalisation
  • Insider
  • Locale
  • Location
  • Media Place
  • Perception of Place
  • Placelessness
  • Objective
  • Outsider
  • Qualitative source
  • Quantitative source
  • Rebranding
  • Re-imaging
  • Sense of Place
  • Subjective
  • Topophilia
  • Topophobia
• Glocalisation


  When multinational companies adapt to the local marketplace e.g. McDonalds.