The concept & character of place

Outline how endogenous factors contribute to the character of place.

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Figure 3 shows responses from adults and children about their perceptions of Stanley, a small market town in County Durham.

Analyse the information shown in Figure 3.

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Figure 4a shows people in Canary Wharf, London Docklands.

Figure 4b shows a group of American tourists on a sightseeing tour of central London.

Using Figure 4a, Figure 4b and your own knowledge, assess how a person’s lived experience affects their sense of place.

‘Shifting flows of investment can have significant impacts on the character of place.’

With reference to the distant place you have studied, to what extent do you agree with this statement?

Outline how you used a qualitative data source to investigate lived experience in the past in your local place.

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Figure 3a shows percentage population in the Falmouth area with no education qualifications in 2011.

Figure 3b shows the index of multiple deprivation (IMD) map for the Falmouth area in 2011.

Interpret the maps shown in Figure 3a and Figure 3b.

Figures 4a and 4b are in the insert.

Figure 4a shows Princesshay, Exeter, in 2004 before redevelopment of a new shopping centre.

Figure 4b shows the redeveloped Princesshay Shopping Centre in 2012.

Using Figure 4a, Figure 4b and your own knowledge, to what extent can shifting flows of investment change the characteristics of a place?

Assess the role of endogenous factors in shaping people’s lived experience in your local place or the distant place that you have studied.

Explain the difference between experienced places and media places.

Figures 3a and 3b are in the insert.

Figure 3a is a map of Newton Abbot, a town in Devon, in 1946.

Figure 3b is a satellite image of Newton Abbot in 2019.

Analyse the changes shown between Figure 3a and Figure 3b.

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Figure 4 shows a painting of Manchester in 1946 by LS Lowry.

Using Figure 4 and your own knowledge, examine endogenous factors contributing to the character of this place.

‘Place meaning and identity are simply a reflection of past and present socio-economic characteristics and no attempt by external agencies at rebranding can change this.’

To what extent do you agree with this viewpoint?

Outline how topography can contribute to the character of a place.

Figures 3a and 3b are in the insert.

Figure 3a shows a poem and sketch, written and drawn in 1906, about Ancoats, an inner-city area of Manchester.

Figure 3b is an aerial photograph of Ancoats taken in 2014.

Evaluate the usefulness of Figure 3a and Figure 3b in showing change in Ancoats.

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Figure 4a shows a tweet about a protest in Grasmere, a village located in the Lake District National Park.

Figure 4b shows a news report about the protest in Grasmere.

Using Figure 4a, Figure 4b and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree that place-meaning is based on different perspectives?

With reference to your local place, assess the extent to which qualitative sources (for example songs, artwork) present contrasting images to quantitative sources (for example census data, maps).

Explain how exogenous factors contribute to the character of a place.

Figures 3a, 3b and 3c, in the insert, show information about the residents of Weston-super-Mare Central ward in North Somerset.

Figure 3a shows a word cloud produced as a result of a recent health survey asking: ‘What factors do you feel most influence your health and wellbeing?’ Figure 3b shows the ward’s population structure in 2011. Figure 3c shows the reasons for residents not being in employment in the ward in 2011.

Analyse the data shown in Figures 3a, 3b and 3c.

Figure 4 shows lyrics from ‘Wickerman’, a song about Sheffield performed by the band Pulp.

Using Figure 4 and your own knowledge, assess the usefulness of sources such as this in representing a place.

Evaluate the role of one or more external forces in changing lived experience in the local or distant place you have studied.

External forces might include:

international or global institutions.

Explain why an outsider perspective might give a different sense of place to an insider perspective.

Figure 3a shows qualitative data measuring personal well-being across selected inner London boroughs. Figure 3b shows average income of employed residents in each selected borough.

Analyse the data shown in Figure 3a and Figure 3b.

Figure 4a is a photograph of a slate-mining village in North Wales. Figure 4b is a painting of a slate-mining village in North Wales.

[ Grey Shades by Jonas Plosky cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.]

Using Figure 4a, Figure 4b and your own knowledge, suggest how physical geography contributes to the character of a place.

‘The changing character of a place over time is more effectively represented by statistical and cartographical sources than artistic sources such as painting, poetry and photography.’

With reference to either your local or distant place, critically assess the extent to which you agree with this statement.