GEO 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rainforest, North American Free Trade Agreement, Needs Assessment
17 Oct 2016
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Why did it happen: theory, hypothesis and concept. Predict: what is going to happen: forecasting and monitoring. Prescribe: what can we do about it: needs assessment and planning. Space: refers to the e(cid:454)te(cid:374)t or area o(cid:374) the earth"s urfa(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d the resear(cid:272)h o(cid:374) geograph(cid:455) fo(cid:272)uses o(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)rete space: concrete space: often descriptive, abstract space: how things should be, and developing normative models. Policies and programs used to achieve goals of a space. Normative policy: results used as a reference for developing other communities and spaces: location: position used as a point in space. Can be defined in terms of absolute location and relative location. Can be determined by both longitude and latitude. Longitude and latitudes: major longitude: prime meridian, cardinal meridian (greenwich, major latitude: Relative location: a location of a place in relation of place and features. My house is located near the amazon rain forest: place: used to describe a locational feature which tend to have attributes.
