Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Regional Geography, Central Canada, Northwest Passage
11 Feb 2013
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Geography is destiny: location = powerful determinant of the life opportunities & experiences. Regional identity: person" association with a place or region and their sense of belonging to a collectivity: formed by sharing a common space. Regional self-interest: aspirations, concerns and interests of people living in a region and acted on by local politicians. Sometimes such efforts are designed to improve the prospects of their region at the expense of other regions or of the federal government. Past: study physical aspects of a region: area of the earth"s surface defined by its distinctive human and/or natural characteristics. Present: human side: physical environment largely mediated through culture, economy. Regionalism: division of countries/areas into different natural/political/cultural parts: region"s characteristics: Functional: interaction (i. e center parts with nodes: newspaper published a, distributed to areas around b) Hierarchy: region inside a region inside a region (doesn"t have to be same kind of region) Human construct infinite number of regions.
