GEO 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Proxemics, Cosmopolitanism, Semiotics
14 Apr 2016
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Place making: places a socially constructed, given different meanings by different groups for different purposes. Territoriality: refers to the persistent attachment of individuals or peoples to a specific location or territory. Provides a means of meeting 3 social/cultural needs. Regulation of access to people and resources. Provision of a focus and symbol of group membership and identity. Also gives tangible form to power and control but does so in a way that directs attention away from personal relationships between the controlled and the controllers. Proxemics: study of social and cultural meanings that people give to personal space. These meanings make for unwritten territorial rules that can be seen in the microgeography of people"s behavior. Paths: the channels along which they and others move; for example, streets, canals, walkways, etc . Edges: barriers that separate one area from another; for example shorelines, walls, etc Districts: areas with an identifiable character that people mentally enter and leave .
