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| what are the four traditions of geography? |
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1) physical tradition
2) human-environment tradition
3) regional tradition
4) spatial tradition |
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| when did the field of urban geography start? |
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| manhattan can support skyscrapers because? |
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| strong bedrock foundation |
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| downtown areas register higher temperatures than outlying rural areas |
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| physical environment (climate) controls the development of human civilization |
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| nature sets limits or possibilities for human activities but human behaviors are expressed through their cultural traditions that create a given way of life |
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| interpreataion of the human-environment tradition |
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| the site of a city determines the city's future economic and population growth. |
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| regional studies viewpoint |
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| descriptive studies of cites rather than analytical studies |
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| when was the regional tradition popular |
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| when was the spatial tradition popular |
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| involves an emphasis on developing theory, hypotheses, quantitative methods, and mathematical model building |
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| when did 50 percent of the world's population living in urban areas? |
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| how many US metro areas have between 1 million and 4 million people? |
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| when did the chicago school develop and apex? |
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| who was the leader of the chicago school |
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| what was the chicago school known for? |
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| developing major themes in urban research; systems within systems, classification of commercial land uses, central place theory, housing locaction and racial composition, residential patterns within cities2 |
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| what definition did the chicago school redefine? |
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| what was the new definition that the chicago school gave for metropolitian |
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| a nucleus or core central city but also surrounding functional set of counties demarcated by commuting flows. |
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| when did the Los Angeles School become popular? |
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| what was the los angeles school associated with? |
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| chicago school may be concerned with CBD, organizing employment, retailin..... the los angeles school is more focused on |
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| suburbs organizing the entire metropolitan area |
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