GEO 106 Chapter Notes -Geo Prizm, Urban Ecology, Counterurbanization
2 Oct 2013
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Environments can be harder (the concrete we walk on) and softer (our perceptions of other people) Figure 11. 1 form and process in the city pp. Industrial or residential land uses are fairly evident to the eye they"re harder b/c they are visible. Harder land use economy theory. Mental imagery and sense of place are in the eye and heart of the beholder, a personalized view we create as individuals to store spatial info of use to us. Softer mental images cognition & perception. Hard / soft aspects of form and process urban social geography. 1 urban social geographical approach is to investigate urban ecological structure. 267: suggests there are 3 things that happen when you decide to move. Social area analysis (saa) (social status, family status, ethnic status) Social area analysis: an attempt to give the social geography of the city an underlying theory and an empirical basis using data and analysis.
