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formal regions are groups of areal units that have a high degree of homogeneity in terms of particular distinguishing features (such as religious adherence or household income).
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overall coherence to the structure and dynamics of economic, political, and social organizations
allows us to recognize that the coherence and distinctive characteristics of a region are often stronger in some places than in others.
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| Geographical Information systems |
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| -one of the most distinctive tools for Geographers. Serves as a mechanism to judge how populated certain areas are. (22) |
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is the sense that they make of themselves through their subjective feelings based on their everyday experiences and wider social relations.
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| Shared meanings that are derived from the lived experience of everday practice. (after dinner stroll, etc) |
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| the taken-for-granted pattern and context for everyday living through which people conduct their day-to-day lives without having to make it an object of conscious attention. |
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| are the everyday landscapes that people create in the course of their lives together. From crowded city centers to leafy suburbs and quiet rural villages, these are landscapes that are lived in and changed and that in turn influence and change the perceptions, values, and behaviors of the people who live and work in them. |
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| represent particular values or aspirations that the builders and financiers of those landscapes want to impart to a larger public. |
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| allows us to understand the changing patterns, processes, and relationships among people, places, and regions. Developing this capacity is increasingly important as the pace of change around the world increases to unprecedented levels. |
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| deals with the spatial organization of human activites and with people's relationships with their environments. |
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| Supranational Organizations |
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Large organizations that consist of individual states that have a common economic and/or political goal.
NAFTA, |
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The study of many geographic phenomena can be approached in terms of their arrangement as points, lines, areas, or surfaces on a map. (22)
1.Location- the name we give them- Washington DC
•absolute- Fixed positions (longitude latitude), relative, cognitive (mental maps)
2.Distance
•absolute, relative
3.Space
4.Accessibility
5.Spatial Interaction
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refers to the feelings evoked among people as a result of the experiences and memories they associate with a place and to the symbolism they attach to that place.
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Places define who we are as people. Places are the settings for our everyday lives.
Places are dynamic- In turn, people modify and adjust to their environment in ways that meet their needs
Places are socially constructed- Place acts on us, and then we can change it.
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