GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Study Guide, Emerging Markets, Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
23 Jan 2018
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Geog 1ha3 social, cultural and political geography. Homework: read chapter 2 and take notes on key concepts. Absolute (mathematical) location; latitude and longitude coordinates; topographic maps. Relative (perceived) location; subject to interpretation, subjective. No(cid:373)i(cid:374)al (cid:894)or topo(cid:374)(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:895) locatio(cid:374); a place(cid:859)s (cid:374)a(cid:373)e: place. A location with a particular identity, meaning or significance. Sense of place are the personal/sacred attachments we associate with certain places; can be positive or negative; reinforced by uniqueness. Some places evoke little or no meaning; referred to as being places; placelessness is linked to homogeneity and standardization: distance. Amount of space between two or more locations. Geographic phenomena can often be explained with reference to the distance between them and their spatial organization. Sub-components: density the frequency with which something exists in a measured area the amount of mcdonalds restaurants in a particular area low density higher density, concentration/dispersion how something is spread over an area. Dispersed (scattered) objects are far apart: pattern the spatial arrangement of objects.
