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What is place?
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Places are parts of the Earth’s surface that are identified and given meaning by people, the may be perceived, experienced, understood and valued differently. They range in size from a part of a room or garden to a major world regionThey can be described by their location, shape, boundaries, features and environmental and human characteristics. Some characteristics are tangible, for example landforms and people, whilst others are intangible, for example, scenic quality and culture.
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What is Sustainability?
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sustainability is about the capacity of the environment to continue to support our lives and the lives of other living creatures into the future. when we are being sustainable, we help the earth remain in a healthy, green state.
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What is spatial association?
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Spatial association is the degree to which things are similarly arranged in space. Analysis of the distributionpatterns of two phenomena is done by map overlay,. If the distributions are similar, then the spatial association is strong, and vice versa.
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What is change?
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The concept of change is about eqplaining geographical phenomena by investigating how they have developed over time. Change can be used to predict more change in the future and what would be needed to achieve preferred and more sustainable futures. |
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What is scale?
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The concept of scale is about the way that geographical phenomena and problems can be examined at different spatial levels.Scale refers to the size of something compared to something else, and is used in one of two practical ways in Geography. The second use of scale is observational. These are logical and describtive size based units into which geographers divide the world in order to structure the study and understanding of places, regions and phenomena. |
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What is region?
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A region is a definable area containing one or more characteristics that distinguish it from surrounding areas. Regions can be defined at a range of scales by physical characteristics such as mountain ranges and drainage basins, politically by official decisions about names and boundaries, and by common usage or for a given purpose by selecting a particular characteristic such as the western suburbs of Melbourne. Smaller regions can exist within larger ones and different regions can overlap.
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What is process?
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Processes involve a series of ongoing events or steps that lead to the development, change or preservation of something. Often processes create cause-and-effect relationships between things. Processes can operate within and between places, and at a variety of scales.The 2016 mosquito-borne outbreak and spread of Zika virus – disease transmission being a process- is likely to have significant impact on the Caribbean with world travel and tourism council data suggesting significant consequences.
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What is distance?
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SDistance is measured ina number of ways. In its simplest form, it is the space between two different locations and can be determined using an absolute measurement such as kilometres. Distance is used to assist with definisg where things are in space, often also using direction. As an example, Bendigo is 150 km north-west of Melbourne.Distance is clearly used as an indication fo proximity.Relative distance is a second broad category that can be measure in other ways. The amount of time it takes to travel a given distance ‘I live 20 minutes away from here’, this is an example of relative distance.
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What is distribution?
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Distribution involves the arrangement of features of phenomenon on the earth’s surface. Distributions can occur at all scales and often patterns can be observed and described as the arrangement or density of phenomena.
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What is movement?
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Movement involves a change in location of phenomena such as people, goods, and ideas through travel or flow.
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