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Distribution
Basics to Human Geography Chapter 1 - Distribution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Distribution | is how everything on the Earth's surface has a physical location and is organized in some fashion |
| Three Aspects of Distribution | density, concentration, pattern |
| Density | how often an object occurs within a given area |
| Population/Arithmetic Density | numper of people / amount of all land in a given area |
| Population/Arithmetic Density | people per square kilometer or mile |
| Physiological Density | total number of people / arable land |
| Physiological Density | more accurate measure of population density |
| Concentration | refers to the proximity of a particular phenomenom over the area in which it is spread |
| Clustered/Agglomerated | objects are close together |
| Dispersed/Scattered | objects are spread out |
| Pattern | relates to how objects are organized in their space |
| Linear | when a pattern is laid out on a singular line |
| Centralized | if the pattern is clustered together |
| Random Distribution | when there is a lack of pattern on the landscape |
| Spatial Distribution | physical location of geographic phenomena across space |
| Spatial | geographic |