GEOG 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Spacetime, Spatial Analysis, Behavioral Geography
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Behavioral geography: spatial interaction based on humans. Aggregate: studying groups of people: spatial interaction: contact between places, 3 domains in human geography: human travel (mobility), material/energy transport, communication, human travel: international migration, internal migration, travel, undocumented migration, human trafficking, refugee migration, shopping, commuting, leisure travel. Friction of distance: frictionless zone (few/no limits preventing someone visiting somewhere close to their homes); friction if less people go to a place far away (maybe no public transit, no time, gas $: barriers to interaction. Physical: mountains, rivers, country borders (something you can physically touch); barriers can slow, block, or redirect spatial interaction (diff direction) Socio-cultural: language, culture, race/ethnicity, cultural practices (everyone speaks a language & you don"t can"t communicate or could facilitate interaction w/other people who don"t speak language) Social media affects interpersonal interaction in space & time: spatial analysis models. Descriptive: what"s happening/happened- spatial & temporal trends & their causes (trade flows, commuting flows)
