GEO 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Birmingham City Centre, Sub-Saharan Africa, Lingua Franca
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Less visible borders like religion, language and wealth divide the planet in addition to physical borders: as a result, an adequate mental map is indispensable when it comes to decision making in the wider world. Spatial perspective is the geographic dimension or expression of any phenomenon, anything related to the organization of space on earth"s surface. A small scale map is when the ratio between map distance and real world distance is very small: an increase would mean representation of less territory, but more detail can be represented. Levels of analysis: the world, the realms, the regions. Each geographic realm possesses a particular combination of environmental, cultural and organizational properties. Three main criteria to identify a realm: physical and human natural and social features. A geographical realm must be compromised of physically and culturally comparable societies: functional realms are the result of the interaction of human societies and natural environments. Think farming, mining and fishing ports: historical.
