Sense Of Place

With reference to a particular place known to you, provide a critical evaluation of different ways of understanding a ‘sense of place’
From a geographical perspective, the term ‘place’ is more than simply a ‘location’ on a map set with “’objective’ markers such as longitude and latitude”. As geographers we must consider the “feelings evoked by a place” in those who “live there” and those “who visit”. In other words, we must also consider the subjective “sense of place” (Cresswell 2014). By combining both “objective and subjective facets” we are able to further understand a place and those who interact with it.
Nottingham is a British city located in the East Midlands where I have lived for over 18 years, with a population of 325,800 people
Tuan (1974) presented the idea that an understanding of a place is inseparable from what we experienced there, meaning that if a person has visited a place their view will always be impacted by the emotions they experienced while there, despite the fact that these emotions may have been caused by an outside factor rather than the place itself.
David Seamon (1979) suggested that a satisfactory human existence requires an individual to have a strong link to a place or locality through emotional and bodily forms which they can call home. Nottingham is my home, and because of this, my experiential sense of place of Nottingham as an inhabitant will be different to someone visiting the city for another reason, such as to attend a sports game at Nottingham Forest or Notts County football
A main example of this is nationalism, when groups or individuals feel a strong love and sense of ownership over their country. This sense of place has become more apparent in recent years, prime examples being the election of Donald Trump in America and the Brexit vote taking place in the UK. We live a world that is becoming more and more interconnected, making travelling from one country to another easier and easier over time. The European Union abolished almost all border checks due to the Schengen Agreement in 1985, and although the UK did not sign the country has still had a large influx of immigrants in recent years. In recent decades Europe as a whole has seen large movements of people across national borders within the EU, with many young people moving from less developed member states such as Poland and Romania to more developed member states like Germany and the UK. Over 189,000 of the immigrants into Britain in 2015/16 were from EU member states (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/migrationstatisticsquarterlyreport/dec2016), many of which would have been young economic migrants looking for employment that provides higher income than if they had remained in their source country doing the same job or remaining unemployed due to lack of jobs available there. While many