GEOG 1200 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - International, Developing Country, Mortality Rate

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Economic, social, cultural and political relationships, processes and activities happen in particular places and across (interconnected) space. Spatial variation = changes in conditions in place across space. Depending on where you live, this will affect the life you have. In place: water systems, lakes in canada vs indian lakes. Place: place is a unique collection of human and physical features on the earth"s surface, including environmental conditions, physical and human landscape, cultural practices, social life, and economic activities. Meaningful places are essential for meaningful lives - timothy beatley. Places are: invested with meanings: what are the meanings behind place, lived-in by people; where everyday life happens, emotional and part of our memory, cultural symbols/symbols of power, site of innovation, change and conflict. A landscape is the specific arrangement or pattern of features on the land. Geographers ask how patterns across space are configured and why certain activities and relationships take place where they do.

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