GG102 Final: Final Exam Note Lectures 1-19, Video 1

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What is human geography: study of the spatial organization of human activity and of people"s relationship with their environments, where people live, what they do there, how people are connected, how they influence the world. Basic concepts for human geography: region, distance, scale. Absolute-> precise description e. g. latitude and longitude o o. What is a region: a larger-sized territory that encompasses many places, all or most of which share similar attributes in comparison with the attributes of places elsewhere (p. What is distance: absolute distance - measurement, relative distance - the friction of distance (degree of difficulty) The effects of distance on people"s behaviour can be charted. The o farther people have to travel, the less likely they are to do so. Patterns of spatial diffusion: expansion, relocation, hierarchical. The idea that there are multiple levels of interaction (local, regional, national, Processes at one scale can have significance at other scales.

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