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Human Geo 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Place according to Yi-Fu Tuan | Space is transformed into place as it acquires definition and meaning |
| Place according to John Agnew | A place has, Location, Locale, Sense of place |
| Locale | material setting for social relations |
| Sense of place | subjective and emotional attachment people have to place |
| Home | a place that is close to the heart, with a level of importance that results in a desire to control what happens there. |
| Environment | natural and cultural surroundings and conditions affecting peoples’ lives |
| Nature | physical environment without impact of humans |
| Natural Landscape | characteristics of the natural environment |
| Cultural Landscape | characteristics of the cultural environment, resulting from human modification of the natural environment. |
| Components of Cultural Landscape | Rural and urban landscapes Structures and spaces Signs and symbols Linguistic landscape Religious landscape Political landscape Economic landscape Code space |
| Code Space | environments influenced or created by software code |
| Experiencing Place | the active, subjective way individuals and communities imbue physical locations with personal meaning, emotions, memories, and cultural identity |
| Landscape as Text of Place | Ordinary landscapes Symbolic landscapes Landscapes that are “ordinary” to one person/culture may have special symbolism to another |
| Ordinary/Symbolic Landscapes | everyday, functional environments shaped by routine human activity, spaces intentionally constructed or interpreted to convey specific ideologies, power structures, or group identities |
| Selling Place (Commodification) | Tourism and ecotourism |
| Text of Place | a specific location on Earth that has acquired unique physical and human characteristics, along with personal or cultural meaning. |
| Landscape Change | the physical and cultural alteration of an area's surface resulting from human activities, societal values, and interactions with the environment over time. |
| Rephotography | documenting landscape change using an old photo and a newer one that results from duplication to position and perspective of the previous photographer |
| Land Use/Land Cover | provide standard ways to classify landscape and measure landscape change how a given area of land is being used what is physically at a given area of land |
| Sequent Occupance | successive cultures leave their imprints which contribute to the overall cultural landscape and thus sense of place |
| Place Destruction | Earthquakes Warfare Tornados |
| Hazards of Place | merges social vulnerability with biophysical hazard exposure to explain why specific geographic locations experience disaster differently |
| Topophilia/Topophobia | “place love” “place fear” |
| Topophilia/Topophobia Applied | The positive emotions and meanings associated with particular places that have become significant to an individual The negative emotions and meanings associated with particular places that have become significant to an individual |
| Spatial Inequality | Spatial inequality may be based on Gender Race Ethnicity Age Any identity classification |
| Ethnic Cleansing | forcible removal of an entire racial or ethnic group form its homeland by a stronger power to gain territory and reduce diversity |
| Genocide | deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic or racial group |
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