GEO 106 Chapter 5: Territory and Territoriality
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The continuous or discontinuous space used by an individual or group for interactions that contribute to satisfying the need for sustenance/security/socialisation/identity. Example: from the social life of small urban spaces. The persistent attachment of individuals or peoples to a specific location or territory. Getting and keeping a territory requires territorial boundaries and defense of those boundaries, and this is done through various means, from passive to vary aggressive. Objectives, graffiti, fences (real and political), memberships, uniforms, signs, barriers. A group of people sharing a common culture and as attachment to some territory. The feeling of belonging to a nation as well as the belief that a nation has a right to determine its own affairs. Often related to the political, formal types of nations. An area with defined and internationally acknowledged boundaries; a political unit. The institution that form the country (the government) De jure state means a state recognized in law.