APHG

• Space


  geometric surface of the Earth
• activity space


  the area where activity occurs on a daily basis
• Place


  an area of bounded space of some human importance
• Regions


  a type of place,
• sequent occupancy


  the succession of groups and cultural influences throughout a place's history
• scale


  the relationship of an object or place to the Earth as a whole
• Map scale


  the ratio of distance on a map to distance in the real world in absolute terms
• Scale of analysis


  the level at which you group things together for examination.
• Formal regions


  areas of bounded space that possess some homogeneous characteristic or uniformity
• Culture regions


  tend to have fuzzy borders
• Political regions


  boundaries are finite and well-defined
• Environmental region


  boundaries are transitional and measurable
• ecotone


  The environmental transition zone between two bioregions
• Functional/nodal regions


  areas that have a central place, or node, that is a focus or point of origin that expresses some practical purpose
• Intervening opportunity


  an attraction at a shorter distance that takes precedence over an attraction that is farther away.
• Vernacular/perceptual regions


  based upon the perception or collective mental map of the region's residents
• Absolute location


  defines a point or place on the map using coordinates such as latitude and longitude.
• Time zones


  are divided up into 15-degree-wide longitudinal zones around the world with some exceptions.
• Relative location


  the location of a place compared to a known place or geographic feature.
• Site


  the physical characteristics of a place
• Situation


  the place's interrelatedness with other places
• Linear absolute distance


  the distance between two places as measured in linear units such as miles or kilometers
• Distance decay (gravity)


  he farther away different places are from a place of origin, the less likely interaction will be with the original place
• Tobler's law


  all places are interrelated, but closer places are more related than farther ones.
• Friction of distance


  the length of distance that becomes a factor that inhibits the interaction between two points.
• Space-time compression


  decreased time and relative distance between places
• Human-environment transportation


  the effect that humans have on their environment, and vice versa
• Central places


  any node of human activity and are most often the centers of economic exchange.
• central place theory


  all market areas are focused on a central settlement that is a place of exchange and service provision

  
• CBD (Central business district)


  the core of the urban landscape
• Cluster


  when things are grouped together on the Earth's surface
• Agglomeration


  when clustering occurs purposefully around a central point or a economic growth pole
• Random pattern


  No reason to the distribution of a spatial phenomenon
• Scattered


  Objects that are normally ordered but appear dispersed
• Linear pattern


  if the pattern is a straight line
• Sinuous pattern


  wavy line
• Land survey patterns


  have an effect on the property lines and political boundaries of states and provinces.
• Township and range


  based upon lines of latitude and longitude

  
• Long-lot patterns


  have a narrow frontage along a road or waterway with a very long lot shape behind.

  
• Arithmatic Density


  The total number of people per total land area