key terms

• place meaning


  significance , value or issues which make a place important for an individual or group
• place identity


  physical or human elements that make a place distinctive from other places e.g Shambles Market , York
• agents of change


  people who impact a place by working , living or improving that place e.g Motown movement in Detriot
• nimbyism


  opposition by residents to proposed developments in their local area e.g Surrey residents of Ashtead opposed development of £1.7million country house into support centre for relatives of wounded Army members - worry about increased threat of terrorism