geography

• Local communities are dependent on nature areas for food, air and water.
• how are local communities dependent on nature areas?

  provides essentials like air food and water
• Nature areas are dependent on local communites as communities conserves and cultivates nature areas.
• nature areas mutually affect local communites by the providing presence of green spaces and urban wildlife which enhances physical and mental wellbeing.
• Local communites mutually affects nature areas by enhancing their biodiversity through reforestation.
• reforestation can allow local communites to gain enjoyment and enhance mental wellbeing.
• nature areas benefit local communities by lowering air temperature by the presence of vegetation.
• nature areas benefit local communities by removing pollutants from the air
• during photosynthesis, plants absorb CO2 and releases O2.
• in plants, small particles are intercepted by leaves and are washed to the ground when it rains.
• vegetation provides shade and cools the air through evapotranspiration.
• communities can also enjoy nature areas in a sustainable manner without causing irreversible damage.
• reforestation also creates more shelter and habitat for urban wildlife.
• local communities are dependent on nature areas on the spaces for recreational and leisure activities which helps people maintain physical and mental wellbeing.
• wetland plants absorb excess nitrates and phosphates which prevents algae growth and improve water quality.
• Direct and frequent interaction with nature benefits health and wellbeing.
• Direct and frequent interaction with nature reduces the severity and occurrence of health conditions.
• local communities raise awareness about nature by encouraging positive behavior that does not damage nature.
• local communities can organize or participate in conservation efforts like clean up programes to remove pollutants.
• local communites can harm nature areas by causing soil compaction and damage vegetation when they hike on undesignated trails
• littering can cause animals to get injured or entangled with them
• animals might mistaken litter as food and consume it, leading to their death.
• feeding wild animals change their habits and behaviors and human-wildlife encounters will also increase since animals will associate people with food.
• due to urban expansion, natural habitats shrink and animals may venture out of nature into the city to find food or shelter.
• as local communities spend more time in nature, there will be a increase of human-wildlife encounter
• local communities might unintentionally provoke animals and leading them to attack.
• some animals might be confused and fearful because of the unfamiliar urban space which increases likelihood of attacks
• protection of nature may be perceived that it was done at the expense of communities' needs, this could bring inconvenience, damage property and homes being aquired
• sense of place is developed when people associate meanings and memories with locations
• sense of place reflects relationship people have with the places around them and is a special meaning for people
• sense of place is highly personal and subjective, one location may hold different meanings for different people
• sense of place is acquired by repeated encounters (sense of familiarity) with objects and people (interactions)
• sense of place is aquired by significant or memorable events (sense of home / belonging). this could be a unique feature with a special meaning that causes a sense of home/belonging.
• sense of place is represented by media like NDP songs
• representation of sense of place may enhance or contradict and individuals sense of place
• regions are areas with similar physical and/or human characteristics and it may vary in size.
• regions can be classified to environmental characteristics (nature, built-up areas), human characteristics(commercial, residential) and geographical location(NSEW)
• spatial patterns are non-random arrangements that can be recognized as clutters, geometry or intervals. There is often a reason why particular things are located in particular spaces.
• spatial associations is the tendency to pair services and events located near each other. eg bus stops near HDB flats.
• spatial scales is global, regional, national and local