GEOG 1HA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Health Geography, Human Imprint, Cultural Geography
21 Oct 2016
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Latitude and longitude coordinates using an arbitrary mathematical grid aka gps. Location of significance is given a name. Mcmaster b/c of senator who funds the school. Wal-mart, east side marios (same thing every time) E. g. childhood home, mcmaster, world trade center 9/11 religious) to individuals and groups: e. g. temple, church certain places, reinforced by uniqueness. Exam study: using km, m, etc, amount of it takes to walk/drive there comparisons. Psychological distance (cid:498)distribution(cid:499) = geographic phenomena can often be explained with reference to the distance between them and their spatial organization: cost of distance, walking with a bunch of friends compared to walking by yourself. Concepts: distribution: density, frequency with which something exists in a measured area, concentration/dispersion, how something is spread over an area, dispersed vs. close together, pattern, spatial arrangement of objects, e. g. 2 main forces; over time (cid:498)diffusion(cid:499) = movement/spread of a geographic phenomena across space and: 1) relocation , 2) expansion .
