GEOG 10160 Study Guide - Fall 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - United States, Life Expectancy, China
29 Mar 2019
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Humans and the environment: human-environment dualism, cultural ecology, an approach that integrates human activity and culture within the context of a broader natural system. Humans as an integrated actor rather than the nature- culture dualism: actor-network theory, agency to environmental factors, possibilism, humans work within the constraints of a given environment, humans as modifiers in the environment6, cultural landscapes as palimpsest. The concept of region: formal region, specific characteristic or definition. Political boundaries, attribute boundaries so high middle and low income states or members of the european union: functional region, area influenced by a central feature. The tube network of london, the one hour commuter network of ksu: vernacular or perceptual region, perceived area of common trait, steeler country, the south. Place: site and situation, site: the physical location and characteristics of a place, situation: the social, cultural, economic, political context of a place.
