ILST 2655 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Physical Geography, Proxemics, Ethology
28 Nov 2018
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Ilst 2655: global geography: concepts and key words. Place: physical and human characteristic of a locale. The three (3) physical characteristics of a place: territoriality: persistent attachment to a specific location or territory. One of the elements of understanding places: ethology: studies people"s sense of territoriality by examining the formation of human customs and evolution, proxemics: studies the historical and cultural meanings that people give to personal space. Sense of place: the feelings evoked as a result of experiences and memories that people associate with. They are represented by: cognitive images: composed of 5 elements. Victoria falls in zimbabwe, etc: paths, edges (barriers): example is hadrian"s walls, districts (identifiable areas): example is rouge river valley, nodes (strategic points): examples: portage and main in winnipeg, yonge and. Eglinton, bloor and yonge, etc: landmarks: human construction. Example, quebec city: coded spaces: a cognitive area. Such as toronto"s underground city the path and the planning coded city.
