Place Theme“What sets the site apart and gives it

identity”

Place Theme

Remember Scale A location and therefore a place can be:

quite small in spatial extentquite large in spatial extent

Landscape Features Physical Human Built

Be careful of stereotypes Place characteristics may tend to be stereotypical

Appalachian Hill Billy

U.S. States look at the back of the State Quarters Postage Stamps commemorating States

Place Theme: Physical Character

Terrain – Relief Sedona, Arizona: Red Rocks Montana: Big Sky Country

Precipitation: Desert regions Water features:

Lakes & Minnesota Sunshine:

Sunshine state: Florida Soils:

Oklahoma: Red Carpet Country Animals and Vegetation

Flowers: Blue Bells of Texas

Place Theme: Human Examples

Agriculture Wisconsin: the Dairy State Georgia: the peanut state

Religion Utah and “Mormonism” Israel and Judaism

Architectural Structures Sidney opera house

Music Traditions Memphis and the Blues New Orleans and Jazz

Clothing traditions India: Sari

Ethnicity South Louisiana and Cajun

Examples of Place Characteristics

ParisNotre Dam CathedralEiffel Tower

San FranciscoCable CarsRoads with steep inclines

LondonDouble Decker BussesRed letter boxesBig Ben

What Characteristics Identify Kansas as a Place

Physical CharacteristicsFlatnessWindDryTornadoesBlizzardsGrasslandsSunshineBlue skies

What characteristics identify Kansas as a Place

Built landscape featuresAgriculture: wheat FieldsCo-op elevators Limestone buildings

Marketers and Sense of Place

Marketers and Sense of Place