GG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Deindustrialization, Geographic Information System, Decision-Making
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Too focused on nodes, routes and landmarks. Mental maps are the true basis for all human behaviour and activities. Tobin"s law: everything is related to everything else, but most are more related than distant things. Latitude (north or south along the equator) Longitude (east or west along the prime meridian) An automated systems for the capture, storage, retrieval, analysis and display of geographically-referenced information. Our world is divided especially because of spatial variations in culture . The world we live in today is one of tremendous cultural diversity but it is also one of increasing interaction between cultures . Ie. religious values, feelings of independence (mentifacts) Shared social norms, family structures or interpersonal relations. Material & symbolic practices of everyday life ie. art, dress, toys, tools and food. Characteristic activities ie. working, farming , partying. Is fashioned from a natural landscape by a cultural group and their activities.
