Intro

• Location


  Where a place is e.g. coordinates on a map.

  Objective.
• Locale


  A place is shaped by the people, cultures and customs within it.

  Objective.
• Sense of Place

  Developed through experience, it reflects emotional and subjective attachment.

  Subjective.
• Space 


  exists between different places and does not have the same meanings as places do.
• Age

  Perception change as people move through their life-cycle.

  Can also change when people revisit a place that has changed.
• Gender

  Different perception of safety; reflects a society’s view of male and female roles.
• Sexuality


  Specific meaning acquired due to different sexual orientations clustering.
• Religion

  Religious and spiritual meanings assigned to a specific location i.e. Jerusalem
• Physical geography

  The natural geographic features of a place

  e.g. Altitude, aspect, drainage.
• Demography

  The number of inhabitants, their age, gender and ethnicity.
• socio-economic factors

  How economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes

  e.g. employment types, education
• cultural factors

  how a system of shared beliefs, values and traditions effects a place.

  e.g. Religion, tradition
• political factors

  E.g. governance at the local, regional and national level.
• built environment

  e.g. age and style of buildings, building materials
• history

  e.g. landmarks, historical buildings.