GG294 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Disaster Tourism, Chorology, Physical Geography
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The origin of place: regional geography of influences (prior 1950s, environmental determinism, environmental possiblism, chorology, scientific location-based spatial phenomena (1950s-1960s) Subjective understanding of place: objective spatial phenomena can only explain some of the difference among placed, there are also human and social component, humanist approaches to geography evolved which to sought to re-conceptualize. Place attachment: is the emotional or affective bond that develops between people and places at both the individual and community level on a daily basis, it is often applied along with place identity. Emotional geography of places (tourism - related: emotions, feelings - also connect us with who we are, we have become, giving us a sense of belonging, very limited in current research. What is dark tourism: death, disaster, and atrocity are the basis for tourist attractions, thanatourism, grief tourism, disaster tourism. Five types of dark tourism: enactments of death, has become socially and morally unacceptable.
