1. Intro To Human Geography Flashcards
(46 cards)
Human Geography
Focuses on:
- how people make places
- how we organize space and society
- how we interact with each other in places across space
- how we make sense of ourselves and other
(Focus of Geography)
Spatial Systems
looking at interrelated phenomena across space
(Focus of Geography)
Areal Variation on the Earh’s Surface
looking for differences across space
(Focus of Geography)
Regional Geography
looking at the sum of phenomena in a particular area
Globalization
•Diffusion of everything into the rest of the world.
- a set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships, and accelerating interdependence across national borders.
- cultural, social, and economic traits are adopted throughout the world.
- fuelled by increases in mobility/communications, cultural flows, and economic integration.
ex) fast food brands, language, religion
Hybridization
Any two cultures that meld together.
ex) McDonald’s in India using lamb patties instead of beef. (would’ve been a cultural insult)
More Globalization
-a growing integration and interdependence of world communities through a vast network of trade and communication
-associated with a wide range of technological, cultural, and economic outcomes affecting our daily lives.
-Response to two major forces:
•technology change
•global capitalism
Two Way Flows
•Other cultures impact us
- we can have Japanese, Chinese or Thai food just about anywhere. (or hybridizations).
- different languages being taught and spoken on homes.
- “manga” comic books
- tattoos
- foods at the grocery store
Globalization Video
- winners and losers in globalization
- a companies’ whole system depends on production staying away from consumption
Video “Teeth Chiseling”
-outside influence has reduced teeth filing and added smokes and t-shirts
-“look more beautiful for her husband, so that he won’t leave her”
☆-Beauty is defined by the culture and traditions of local people
—>lens with which we view the practices define how we view them
Sense of Place
infusing a place with meaning and emotion
Perception of Place
belief or understanding of what a place is like, often based on books, movies, stories, or pictures
(Interrelations between Places)
Accessibility
- degree to which isolation may be overcome
- ease of reaching a particular place
- is determined by travel time and cost. The greater the accessibility to a place the easier it is to get to.
(Interrelations between Places)
Connectivity
- total number of ways that a place is linked to other places.
ex) roads, rivers, telecommunications, electricity line.
Density
the measure of the quantity of a feature within a defined area.
ex) more robberies in Winnipeg along major routes.
Dispersion
the amount of spread in space between features.
ex) random dispersion, clustered dispersion
Pattern
the geometric arrangement of features in space.
ex) linear, clustered, or random.
(Site vs. Situation)
Site
LOCAL physical and cultural characteristics and attributes of a place.
ex) topography, vegetation, languages spoken, common religions, etc.
(Site vs. Situation)
Situation
refers to EXTERNAL relations and connections of a place.
ex) How is the place located relative to other places and things?
What’re the connections? How accessible is the place?
Atlantic Canada
•Canada’s eastern provinces
- Historically: economically poor areas due in large part to their situations.
- isolated from the rest of Canada
- manufacturing and the little agriculture possible are too expensive.
- very few close natural resources.
- many of the traditional fishing economies they did have are now crashing along with the fish populations.
Absolute Location
- a precise system of locating phenomena in space, (latitude and longitude), provides unique description of location.
- one point on earth and NO where else
Relative Location
- the position of a place or activity in relation to other places or activities: neither precise nor particularly unique.
- describing where a place is in comparison to other places. (used more than absolute location).
- location relative to somewhere else.
Movement
Expression of interconnectedness of places.
Spatial Diffusion
movement of an idea or innovation from its origin across space and over time (to new areas).
ex) newest technologies, colds and flus
