GEO 106 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Scarborough Bluffs, Public Space, Proxemics
4 Oct 2016
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Human geography: social science elements, people and places. Physical geography: natural science elements, environment and processes. The west wing(1999-2006) was a tv show about the president of the us. In this clip cj(allison janney), one of the president"s key advisors, receives a presentation from a lobby group called the organization of cartographers for. Key concepts in geography: space, location, place, site, situation. Space can be seen as a container for human activity. Space can also be seen as something that is perceived by individuals. Mental maps -psychological representations of locations that are created from people"s individual ideas and impressions of these location. Place: a concept with two level of meaning, an objective location that has both uniqueness and interdependence with other places, a subjective social and cultural construct-somewhere that has personal meaning for individuals or groups. Situation: a specific place including its larger context. N, s, e, w heading, beaning in degrees: cultural. Up, down, sideways, behind, etc: cognitive.
