GEOG 210- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 106 pages long!)
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Outline: place and space, scale, landscape, region, place and space. Places have emotional content: topophilia: the love of a place, topophobia: the phobia of a place, ex: landscape from (olland fields could feel homey if you"re from there, claustrophobic if you"re not. The activity space is determined by: example of village in morocco with no public transportation, mobility, stage in life, opportunities. Space: space is produced, oxford dictionary: (cid:498)a continuous area or expanse which is free, available or unoccupied(cid:499, absolute (mathematical) space: three-dimensional (cid:498)container(cid:499, topological space: connectivity between points, space is relational, ex: metro network. Place and space: place can exist in space, tight or loose relationship , ex: wellington street is in a defined space, ex: outdoors has a looser relationship, scale. Scale: you measure things in relation to something else. Operational scale: exists vs. way of thinking about it, depends on your perspective (personal) How do scales fit together: ladder (above/below, concentric circles (larger/smaller, roots (networked)
