GEOG 1HB3 Final: Exam Notes
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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. Relative space: open to personal interpretation and/or change over time: eg. Again, there are absolute and relative locations. Nominal locations have names associated with them: eg. Sense of place: the unique feeling associated with a place: eg. 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. Distance decay function: iij = k * ((pi * pj) / dij. Iij is the amount of interaction between two places, i & j;
