Term | Definition |
accessibility | the opportunity for contact or interaction from a given point or location in relation to other places. |
place making | any activity, deliberate or unintentional, that enables space to acquire meaning. |
areal units | spatial unit of measurement, such as city block used for recording statistics |
map projection | a systematic rendering on a flat surface if the geographic coordinates of the feature found on Earth's surface. |
conformal projections | map projections on which compass bearings are rendered accurately. |
equal area projection | map projection portraying earth surface to its true porportions. |
visualization | a computer-assisted representation of spatial data, often including three-dimensanal images and innovative perspectives, that reveal spatial patterns and relations more effectivly |
regional geography | study of the unique enviornment with distinctive landscapes and cultural attributes |
site | the physical attributes of a location including terrain, soil, vegetation, water sources |
situation | the location of a place relative to other places and human activities |
cognitive images/mental maps | maps created from people individual ideas and impression of ideas |
cognitive distance | distance people percieve to exist |
friction of distance | effects of distance on human activity |
distance decay function | the rate in which something diminishes with increasing distance |
utlity | the usefulness of a specific place or location to a particular person or group. |
cognitive space | space defined and measured in terms of nature and degree of peoples values. |
topographical space | the connections between particular points in space. |
PLACE (1st meaning) | an objective location that has both uniqueness and interdependence with other places. |
place 2nd meaning | social and cultural construct,somewhere with personal meaning |
place making | any activity that enables space to acquire meaning. |
spatial diffusion | the way by which things spread through space and overtime |
geodemographic research | using census data to create profiles of populations for market research |
masculisism | the assumption that the world is and should be shaped mainly by men for men. |
ethnocetrim | attitude towards somebodies own race or religion that they are superior to others. |
religion | belief system and a set of practices that recognize the exsitence of a power stronger then humans |
cultural trait | a single aspect of the complex routine practices that constitute a particular culture group |
cultural system | a collection of elements/traits that shape a group's collective identity |
cultural region | the area within which a particula cultural system prevails |
2 key components of culture | language and religion |
diaspora | a spatial dispersion of previously homogenous group. |