GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Proxemics, Macromedia Homesite

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG101
• Professor: Brent Doberstein

Document Summary

Movement between places of people, ideas, commodities and disease. Influences human"s: controls, perceptions of place (decision-making for migration, marketing/ changing the image and showing benefits), distance and perception distances. Increases (may be due to marketing drawing more business to a store) Decrease (may be to slow the spread of the disease, reduce commuting during peak hours) Car commuters -> public transit, helps reduce certain congestion or environmental issues) Change the timing of the interaction: (ex. Edward ullman 3 factors determine interaction and flow (1) complementarity two places identical make it pointless to go there and interact. Supply and demand: (must have different options) Desire to go there, personal means and opportunity to transport there. Purchasing power, better jobs (2) transferability - acceptable cost and acceptable timing (3) intervening opportunity if all things being equal, something available at a closer destination usually available at a closer destination usually reduces demand at further destination.