GEO 106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Gross National Income, Infant Mortality, United Nations Development Programme
8 Dec 2016
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Spatial: the analysis of general patterns in location, space, place, distance, direction, and orientation. Area studies: the study of an region"s characteristics and attributes. Human land: how humans change and are changed by the environment. Earth studies: the study of the lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Focus on: spatial behaviours and general patterns of settlement the interrelationships between humans and their environments. One important way that geographers incorporate spatial behaviour and environment is through examinations of quality of life (qol) The state of social wellbeing of individuals or groups, either as the perceive it or as it is identified by "observable indicators" Most qol studies concentrate on aspects of the human condition. Geographical studies have largely focusing on mapping indicators for the populations of defined areas, with the potential for the ecological fallacy to be committed. Quality of life is determined by the following positive factors: Available resources - food, water, shelter, capital, love.
