LECTURE 2.2 Flashcards
✔ A place to live in
✔ A spatial unit
✔ A way of life
HUMAN COMMUNITY
▪ The study of populations
▪ Geographic boundary
▪ Population size, growth,
composition, density,
trends
DEMOGRAPHY
It is composed of people living
together in a GEOGRAPHICAL
AREA with SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS
, interests, goals/
need, SHARE the SAME VALUES &
depend on similar resources.
COMMUNITY
distribution or
construction of structures;
Topography
SHAPE
COMMUNITY AS A SPATIAL UNIT
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT/HABITAT
5 Ecological Processe
3 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT/HABITAT
SHAPE
LOCATION
SIZE
5 Ecological Processes: LAND USE AND SPACE COMPETITION
CCSIS
▪ Concentration
▪ Centralization - centers of activity
▪ Segregation- clusters of like units
▪ Invasion- gradual penetration of AN area
▪ Succession – complete change IN population type or use of land
highly organized set of socially
significant relationships between 2
or more persons/groups
✔Social System
✔The system of interaction of the various units, which are highly related, that compose the community.
INTERACTION DYNAMISM
TYEPES OF INTERACTION
C - Cooperation (joint striving for a goal)
A - Amalgamation (merging)
A - Assimilation (blending or sharing of ways of life)
C - Competition (struggle for a goal)
C - Conflict (violent opposition)
A - Accommodation (conscious efforts at making things work)
3 types of boundaries
physical/geographic
psychological-acceptance
social
Community as an Organization/ Social
Group
▪Properties:
* Members
* Membership
* Roles & Norms
▪Distinction
* Territorial boundary
* Roles & Norms
* Ability to provide for
needs of population
primarily defined by the characteristics and conditions of the INDIVIDUAL.
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
biophysical and social affects the
condition and behavior of the individual.
EXTERNAL ENVIRONEMNT
