Human Geography Chapter 6

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territoriality

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the persistent attachment of individuals or peoples to a specific location or territory

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proxemics

Back 2

study of the social and cultural meanings that people give to personal space

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paths

Back 3

the channels along which they and other move: for example, streets, walkways, transit lines canals

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edges

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barriers that seperate one area from another: for example: shorelines, walls, railroad tracks

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districts

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areas with an identifiable character (physical and or cultural) that people mentally "enter" and "leave" for example a business distric or an ethnic neighborhood

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nodes

Back 6

strategic points and foci for travel: for example, street corners, traffic junctions, city squares

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landmarks

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physical references points for example: distinive landforms, buildings or monuments

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topophilia

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literally means "love of a place"

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derelict landscapes

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landscapes that have experienced abandonment,misuse, disinvestments or vandelism

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humnaistic approach

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point of view that places the individual-especially individual values, meaning systems, intentions and conscious acts- at the center of analysis

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semiotics

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the practice of writing and reading signs

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sacred spaces

Back 12

areas of the globe recognized by individuals or groups as worthy of special attention because they are the sites of special religious experiences and events

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hajj

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the obligatory once-in-a-lifetime journey of Muslims to Mecca

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modernity

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forward looking view of the world that emphasizes reason, scientific reationality,creativity, novlety and progress

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cosmopolitanism

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an intellectual and aesthetic openness toward divergent experience, images and products from different cultures