GEOG 1HA3 Lecture 10: ALL LECTURE NOTES
11 Feb 2019
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Location: refers to a particular position in space, absolute location, latitude and longitude co-ordinates using an arbitrary mathematical grid (80w, Distance: amount of space between two or more locations, absolute/physical distance, travel distance, how far is mcmaster from toronto. It"s an hour drive: economic/communication distance, how much does it cost to travel the distance, how much does it cost to call, deliver a package, etc, psychological distance. Readings: chapter 2: read: introduction, skim: chapter 1. Internal homogeneity (uniformity) vs. external heterogeneity (difference) i. e. areas with uniform temperatures. Imperfect knowledge: people only have imperfect knowledge of the environments in which they live: perceptions drive behaviours not reality. Telling lies via maps: lies, damn lies and statistics, white lie vs big lies. Isopleth map: connect locations of equal data value, cartogram map, space is distorted to emphasize particular attributes. The science of where: consumption, poverty, disasters. Inequality: food security, pollution, population, social conflict, water, urbanization, migration, loss of diversity.
