GEOG 2LE3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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Economic relationships and processes happen in particular places and across (interconnected) spaces. Economic geographers ask how economic activities across space are co(cid:374) gured a(cid:374)d why certai(cid:374) economic activities take place where they do. A geography of the production and co(cid:374)su(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) of co ee. Four dimensions of economic activity: location and distance, territory, place, scale. These concepts are used to e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) di ere(cid:374)t e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) geographies: (cid:449)hat in where and why economic activity occurs. Absolute location: the measure (e. g. , lat/long coordinates) or representation of a single position (e. g. , dot map) Absolute distance: the physical separation between two points on the earth"s surfa(cid:272)e (cid:373)easured by an accepted standard unit, such as kms. Relative location: the measure of one position in terms of one or more other positions. The transformation of linear measurements into ways that are more meaningful for understanding spatial relationships (e. g. , freight/transport costs and travel time): relative space is frequently more important in economic terms that absolute space.
