Geography Revision: Changing Places
3.2.2.1 The nature and importance of places
The concept of place and the importance of place in human life and experience.
Insider and outsider perspectives on place.
Concept of place
Locale – The place where something happens or is set, or has a particular event associated with it
Location – Physically where a place is
Place – Location with meaning at a personal or social level
Sense of place – The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place developed through
experience and knowledge
Experienced place – Places that people have spent time in and have developed a sense of place by
their experiences
Media place – Places that people have not been to but have had a sense of place created by the
depiction of the media
Insiders – Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcome
Outsider – Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place
Factors contributing to the character of places
Endogenous factors – the characteristics of the place itself or factors which have originated
internally
Location, topography, physical geography, land use, built environment and infrastructure,
demographic and economic characteristics.
Exogenous factors – the relationship of one place with another and the external factors which affect
this
Relationships with other places, flows of people, money and investment
3.2.2.1 The nature and importance of places
The concept of place and the importance of place in human life and experience.
Insider and outsider perspectives on place.
Concept of place
Locale – The place where something happens or is set, or has a particular event associated with it
Location – Physically where a place is
Place – Location with meaning at a personal or social level
Sense of place – The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place developed through
experience and knowledge
Experienced place – Places that people have spent time in and have developed a sense of place by
their experiences
Media place – Places that people have not been to but have had a sense of place created by the
depiction of the media
Insiders – Someone who is familiar with a place and feels welcome
Outsider – Someone who feels unwelcome or excluded from a place
Factors contributing to the character of places
Endogenous factors – the characteristics of the place itself or factors which have originated
internally
Location, topography, physical geography, land use, built environment and infrastructure,
demographic and economic characteristics.
Exogenous factors – the relationship of one place with another and the external factors which affect
this
Relationships with other places, flows of people, money and investment
