GEO 106 Chapter Notes -Built Environment, Migration Period, Socioeconomics
5 Jun 2013
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The world is comprised of a multitude of environments that exist at different scales. Your geography the spaces you occupy is your primary reference point for locating yourself and your activities relative to all other happenings. Geographic space as infants, learn by manipulating objects directly, and assessing reactions of others, learn people are not like you. As you grow, your space expands through direct experience to include other homes, neighbourhoods, etc. Through indirect experiences (friends, newspapers, books) you learn about parts of your city, country that never existed. All of these views are partial and incomplete. Constantly behave spatially, you act upon geographic decisions. Relative location, distance and direction from your starting place (home) to classroom. Consult mental maps of the city and the campus and transportation options (esp. in relation to trip time: may have noticed something new and revised those maps, or took a longer path to avoid undesirable areas.
