Chapter 1: Geography Matters Flashcards
absolute space
mathematical understanding of space through points, lines, areas, planes and configurations using mathematical reasoning
accessibility
the opportunity for contact or interaction from a given point or location in relation to other locations, linked with proximity to something. Accessibility is often a function of economic, cultural, and social factors.
cognitive distance
the distance that people perceive as existing in a given situation. Cognitive distance is based on people’s personal judgments about the degree of spatial separation between points.
cognitive image
psychological representations of locations that spring from people’s individual ideas and impressions of these locations. It could be based on direct experience, on written or visual representations, imagination, or on a combination of these sources.
cognitive space
defined and measured in terms of people’s values, feelings, beliefs, and perceptions about locations, districts, and regions
cultural space
the space of people with common ties, described through the places, territories, and settings whose attributes carry special for particular groups of people.
May live in different countries but have the same culture. Cultures, traditions, language, education, religion that you carry with yourself daily.
distance-decay function
the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions. The distance decay effect states that the interaction between two locales declines as the distance between them increases.
economies of scale
the phenomenon where the average costs per unit of output decrease with the increase in the scale or magnitude of the output being produced by a firm
friction of distance
means that all else being equal, short-distance movements will be preferred over long-distance movements, so the volume of interaction between two locations will be inversely proportional to the distance between them
functional region
National parks, it has large tourism, the country wants people to see this place, although at the same time maintain their national birds and provide them with a good life, for example. Wood cultivation, forest plantation, economic, social area.
geodemographic research
Research done using census data and commercial data of populations
geographic information systems (GIS)
A geographic information system is a type of database containing geographic data, combined with software tools for managing, analyzing, and visualizing those data.
human geography
studies the location of the people and the human activities across Earth’s surface and their relationships to one another.
identity
the subjective thoughts and feelings you make of yourself based on everyday experiences and social relations. This is a person’s self-perception.
intersubjectivity
shared meanings among people, derived from their lived experience of everyday practice. People become familiar with one another’s vocabulary, speech patterns, dress codes, gestures, and humor as a result of routine encounters and shared experiences in bars and pubs etc.
Habits, language usage, agreed upon patterns, people start using words, style or acting in a way and eventually grows on others and becomes a social norm for this group or region and so on.
