What shapes a place

• Human Geography – e.g. demographic and economic characteristics, census data.

  Accents and local dialects contribute to our understanding of residents and contribute to a sense of place.
• Different aspects of local, regional, national and international geography influence the character of places. Physical Geography – e.g. Geology (Cotswold stone)
• Endogenous Factors - Characteristics of the place that have originated internally e.g. location, physical geography, land use, social and economic factors such as population size and employment rates
• Exogenous Factors - Characteristics of place that are referring to the relationship that the place has with other places e.g. flows of capital (money/ investment), flows of people, flows of resources