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Physical Geography |
1 of 2 major divisions of the systematic geography ;the spatial analysis of the structure, process, and the location of Earth's natural phenomenon such as climate come a soil, plants, animals, and topography |
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Place |
Uniqueness of a location |
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Possibilism |
Geographic view point - a response to determination that holds the human decision making, not the environment, is the crucial factor in cultural development |
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Reference maps |
Maps that show the absolute location of places and geographic features determined by frame of reference, typically latitude and longitude |
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Region |
An area on the Earth's surface marked by a degree of formal, functional, or perceptual homogeneity of some phenomenon |
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Relative location |
The regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places |
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Relative diffusion |
Sequintal diffusion process in which the item being diffused are transmitted by their Carrier agents as the evacuate the old areas and we locate to the new ones |
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Remote sensing |
A method of collecting data of information through the use of instruments that are physically distant from the object of study |
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Rescale |
Involvement of player sat other scale to generate support for a position or innovative |
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Sense of place |
State of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place or by labeling a place with a certain character |
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Spatial |
Pertaining to, involving, or having the nature of space on Earth's surface |
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Spatial distribution |
Physical location of geographic phenomena across space |
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Spatial interaction |
Interviewing opportunity the presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites for their way |
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Stimulus diffusion |
Form of diffusion and which a cultural adoption is created as well as a result of the intro of a cultural trait from another place |
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Thematic maps |
Maps that tell stories, typically showing the degree of show at tribute or movement of a geographic phenomenon |
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Time - distance decay |
The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its points point of origin or source |
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Photographic interpretation |
"the act of examining photographic images for the purpose of identifying objects in judging their significance" (Colwell, space 1997) |
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Policy documents |
Specifies the rules, guidelines and regulations that your organization requires employees to follow |
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Space |
Implies the extent of an area and can be in a relative or absolute sense |
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Time - space convergence |
Refers to the decline in a travel time between DA graphical locations as a result of transportation, communication, and related technological and social innovations |
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Travel narratives |
Often records of the places come a people, and occurrences of particular region that a traveler visits |