GY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Global Positioning System, Total Fertility Rate, Population Pyramid
31 Aug 2016
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Diversity: a tension between the global and the local. Globalization: the increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging economic, political, and cultural activities. Economic convergence: the notion that globalization will result in the world"s poorer countries gradually catching up with more advanced economies. Bubble economy: a highly inflated economy that cannot be sustained. Physical geography: examines climate, landforms, soils, vegetation, and hydrology. Human geography: spatial analysis of economic, social, and cultural systems. Areal differentiation: how physical and human traits differ within a spatial unit of area on the surface of earth. Areal integration: the study of how places interact with one another. Regions: a geographic concept of areal or spatial similarity, large or small. Formal regions: describe an area where a static or specific trait (such as language or climate) has been mapped and described. Functional region: where a certain activity takes place. Vernacular region: spatial stereotypes that have no visible boundaries in the physical landscape.
