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GEOG 330
Midterm
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
02/25/2013

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Term
Geography of demand
Definition
(market size, income,
demographics, lifestyle)
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Cultural diffusion
contagious, hierarchical and relocation
Definition
Term
Consumerism.
Definition
People purchasing goods and consuming materials in excess of their basic needs.
Term
Conspicuous consumption.
Definition
Spending on goods and services that are unecessary for the
purpose of displaying status or wealth.
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Quantitative approach
Definition
(statistics, maps, graphs, tables, equations)
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Behavioural approach
Definition
(social psychology)
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Structuralist approach
Definition
(understanding the underlying mechanisms at
work, ex. class-based struggles)
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Post-structuralist approach
Definition
(numerous shifting and evolving dimensions of
differences and inequalities explained through
cultural practices)
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ECONOMY – SOCIETY – ECOLOGY
(interconnected Systems)
Definition
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STATE – MARKET – COMMUNITY
(interlocking institutions)
Definition
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NATIONAL – GLOBAL - LOCAL
(spatial scales)
Definition
Term
Decentralization
Deindustrialization
Feminization of poverty
'God trick'
Neo-Fordism
Phenomenology
Recentralization
Socio-spatial dialectic
World cities/global cities
Definition
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