GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Wayfinding
7 Apr 2016
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Don"t see the same thing in diferent places. Spaial variaion (place a an b not the same) Expressions of cultural values (walter likes all these 3) Visual, odors, sounds (all part of the landscape) Landscape is related to human acivity in a paricular area. Landscape consists of these key features: people cultural creaion, space characterisics of an area/locaion (could we have a landscape with no space?, time dynamic; constantly evolving. Does it just consist of physical elements but there is more too it. If they didn"t have meanings they would all be the same. Kevin lynch: students walk through ciies and then asked them to create mental maps. He came up with the idea that we make sense of urban environments by what we see such as the elements. Take same route to get from place a to place b. Ater this class im going to the store. Ater this class im going to home.
