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Spatial refers to space.
Absolute Location
the precise location of a place on Earth.
Cultural Ecology
A geographic strategy that focuses on human-environment connections.
The relative location
where a place is about another place.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
A computer system for storing, organizing, analyzing, and displaying geographic
data
place
unique human and physical traits of a location
region
a collection of sites on Earth that share comparable human and/or physical
characteristics
, site
The characteristics of a place (immediate location), such as soil type, climate,
labour force, and human constructions.
situation
A place's placement about other places and its surroundings.
Time-space compression
better modes of transportation have reduced the time distance between destinations.
Distance deterioration.
reduction in activity or function as distance from the point of origin increases
density
Number of something in a certain location Example: population density is the
number of persons per square mile or kilometer.
Human-environment interaction
Interaction and exchange between humans and the natural world
Environmental determinism.
the concept that the physical environment influences human conduct.
Map Scale
The link between the size of the map and the size of the area it represents on the
Earth's surface
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