GEOG 1HB3 : geog 1hb3 notes.docx
15 Apr 2014
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Defining geography: combination of geo (earth) and graphy (to write, geography explains what"s where, why there, and why care . Space: amount of earth"s surface that something covers: absolute space: real, tangible, with defined, definite boundaries, eg. Mississauga: relative space: open to personal interpretation and/or change over time, eg. Location: particular position in space: again, there are absolute and relative locations, nominal locations have names associated with them, eg. Place: a location with significance: sense of place: the unique feeling associated with a place, eg. Las vegas: sin city : placelessness: a lack of feeling associated with a place, eg. Includes: absolute/physical distance, travel time distance, economic/communicational distance, psychological distance. Distribution: how locations are arranged relatve to one another: there are three main forms discussed, density: how close things are located to one another. Distance decay: growing decrease in interaction between things as the distance between them increases.
