[GEOG 1HB3] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (20 pages long)

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1HB3
• Professor: Michael Mercier

Document Summary

Spatial interaction: how much movement/communication is there between 2 or more locations. Connecting the concepts of locations & distance. Spatial interaction: the level of movement or communication between two locations how much movement is there between those two locations: how much movement is there between those two locations, movement of people, movement of goods + services. First (only) law of geography: basic principle: everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things . More accessible = friction of distance reduced (car/plane); not that accessible = greater fod (walking) Accessibility & connectivity: critical for the nature and level of spatial interaction. 09/13/16: accessibility: the ease with which distance can be crossed. E. g. cars, planes makes places more accessible to us: connectivity: the tangible & intangible ways that places are connected. E. g. new forms of transportation & communication technology and the shipment of goods in (1500 vs. 2000 ad)