Scales of Analysis and Regional Analysis (23-24)

What is scale of analysis?

The level at which a geographer investigates or presents a location

Different scales can reveal or concedal what?

Patterns in data

In a broad scale a forest may appear what compared to a smaller scale?

Rich in natural resources but a smaller scale analysis of a deforested area would demonstrate environmental damage

Define global scale

Scale which examines entire earth or systems that affect most landscapes like pandemic diseases or global economic relations

What is a regional scale?

Examines countries or large portions of a country

What is a national scale?

Examines one country or comapres data across regions within the counmtry

Wat is local scale?

Examines neighborhoods, cities, or districts and can reveal patterns such as income levels or ethnic distribution within a community

It is important to associate the scale of analysis with what?

Cartographic perspective (local, national,regional,global)

Its important to not confuse cartographic perspective with what?

Map scale (the relationship between map size and real world size )

What does an awareness of scale of analysis allow geographers to do?

Interpret data more accurately

Why do geographers analyze relationships, cultural perspectives, and natural and human systems?

To characterize and describe regions

The distinctions between regions helps clarify and p;redict what?

Spatial patterns and the effects of human activity

What is a region?

A part of earth that shares one or more common identities or activity patterns

How do regions help geographers?

Differentiate places

What are formal regions?

Regions defined by consistent unifying characteristics which can often be quantified

What are some examples of characteristics which define a formal region?

Shared language, climate, or political boundaries

Examples of formal regions

Ohio state or Arctic regionm

What are functional regions?

Regions defined by a central node or hub that organized movement and activity

What are some examples of functional regions?

Transportation, Communication, Commerce, or political systems

Functional regions often develop around what?

Urban centers, highways, or areas of concentrated economic activity

What are Vernacular regions also called?

Perceptual regions or folk regions

What are Vernacular regions defined by?

Shared cultural perspective rather than strict boundaries

What are examples of vernacular regions?

Bible Belt, Near East, The South

What is unique about Vernacular regions?

They are subjective and depend on persn’s social or geographic perspective

What is Site?

A location’s physical characteristics

Wat are examples of characteristics which makeup site?

Climate, resources, plant/animal life

What is situation?

How a place is connected to other locations

What are examples of ideas which makeup situation?

The importance, strength, and extent of connections between places

Wat do Site and Situation accomplish?

They help geographers understand place

What is true since people define regions?

Significance, shape, and size of them can change over time