support systems in a region // (example) saudi arabia has developed desalination factories to remove salt from ocean water, thereby increasing the amount of available drinking water for its people
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shape, size,distance, direction
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four properties of maps
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site
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the physical character of a place.
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thematic maps
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bid-rent curve
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a chart explaining land costs getting cheaper as you move away from the CBD
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borchert's model of urban evolution
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created in the 1960s to predict and explain the growth of cities in four phases of transportation history: stage 1, the "sail wagon" era of 1790-1830; stage 2, the "iron horse" era of 1830-1870; stage 3, the "steel rail" epoch of 1870-1920; and stage 4, the current era of car and air travel that began after 1920.
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sector model of urban land use
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predicts and explains north american urban growth patterns in the 1930s in a pattern in which similar land uses and socioeconomic groups clustered in linear sectors radiating outward from a CBD, usually along transportation corridora
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physiological density
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# of people per unit of arable land
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latin american city model
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Griffin-Ford model. Developed by Ernst Griffin and Larry Ford. Blends traditional Latin American culture with the forces of globalization. The CBD is dominant; it is divided into a market sector and a modern high-rise sector. The elite residential sector is on the extension of the CBD in the "spine". The end of the spine of elite residency is the "mall" with high-priced residencies. The further out, less wealthy it gets. The poorest are on the outer edge
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cbr
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the number of live births per year per 1,000 people
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ravenstein's laws of migration
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starting in the 19th century, ____________ helped geographers study migration based on the reasons why people move, distance they move and their characeristics
an area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics
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equidstant
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________ projections maintain distance, but distort other properties
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human geography
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concerned with spatial analysis of human patterns on earth and their interaction with he earth
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arithmetic density
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# of people divided by land area
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proportional thematic maps
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cartogram
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absolute location
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the identification of a place by some precise and accepted system of coordinates
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level of data aggregation
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size of geographic units on a map
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burgess' concentric zone urban land use model
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a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
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relative location
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describes something's relationship to places around it
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agricultural density
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# of farmers per unit of arable land
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functional region
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an area organized around a node or focal point (ex. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)
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gravity model of spatial interaction
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when applied to migration, larger places attract more migrants than do smaller places. additionally, destinations that are more distant have a weaker pull effect than do closer opportunities of the same caliber.
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south asia
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second largest concentration of human life
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robinson projection map
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demographic transition model
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von thunen's model of agricultural use
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hotelling's theory of locational interdependence
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________________________ asserts that an industry's locational choices are heavily influenced by the location of their chief competitors and related industries. in other words, industries do not make isolated decisions on locations without considering where other, related industries exist.
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isoline thematic maps
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dot density maps
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situation
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refers to location (or context) of a place relative to the physical and cultural characteristics around it
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perceptual region
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group of places linked together because of perceptions about those places
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christaller's central place theory
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explains and predicts patterns of urban places across the map. model analyzes hexagonal, hierarchical pattern of cities, villages, towns, and hamlets arranged to their varying degrees of centrality
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longitude
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distance east or west of the prime meridian
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epidemiological transition model
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distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition
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east asia
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largest concentration of human life
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urban realms model
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a simplified description of urban land use, especially descriptive of the modern North American city. it features a number of dispersed, peripheral centers of dynamic commercial and industrial activity linked by sophisticated urban transportation networks
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latitude
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distance north or south of the equator
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cultural ecology
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geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships.
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movement, location, human environment interaction, place, region
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five themes
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azimuthal projection
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rostows's stages of economic development
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1. traditional society (limited technology)
2. preconditions for take off (commercial exploitation of ag and extractive industry)
3. take off (manufacturing)
4. drive to maturity (wider industrial base & commercial base)
5. high mass consumption (comparative advantages in international trade)
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alfred weber's least cost theory
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explains and predicts where industries will locate based on cost analysis of transportation, labor, and agglomeration factors
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zelinsky model of migration transition
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migration trends follow demographic transition stages. People become increasingly mobile as industrialization develops. more international migration is seen in stage 2 as migrants search for more space and opportunities in countries in stage 3 and 4. stage 4 countries show less emigration and more intraregional migration
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harris' multiple-nuclei model of urban land use
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a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
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Section 2
(6 cards)
equilibrium
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CBR and CDR are nearly equal and not moving in stage 1. this is called ___________
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stage 1 (low growth)
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high birth rate, high death rate, stable or slow increase of population; disease, famine, war; most people re subsistence farmers;
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stage 2 (expanding)
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cdr
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the total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society
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pandemic
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a disease that is geographically widespread and affects a large proportion of the population