Geographic Scale
The entire world.
For example: world population density map
What is global scale?
United by one or more traits
Characteristics: Political, physical, cultural, economic
What are formal regions?
Provide example
Generalizations that can overlook variations and differences
People and characteristics within a region are transitional and do not create a sharp boundary
when regions overlap tensions and disagreements can occur
what are National, subnational, and local regions ?
give example of physical and human geography
Rela's favorite city
Prishtina
Mulitple Countries
For Example: North America
Organized around a focal point. Defined by an activity that occurs across the region. United by networks of communication, transportation and other interactions.
Provide example.
give examples and characteristics
What is data aggregation?
Give example
Mami's favorite show
What is cukur
What is geographic scale?
Defined by informal sense of place that people ascribe to them
What is perceptual region?
Give example
drawing conclusions and generalizations based on patterns
what are interpretations of data
Explain importance of scale of analysis
To understand a topic in depth, you need to analyze and understand the topic at multiple scales
The best pizza place in Tirana?
What is proper pizza
For example: Veriu n'Shqipni (northern Albania)
What is national regional scale?
Have boundaries, unifying characteristics, cover space, and are created by people.
Characteristics: dynamic
What are regions
Inaccurate Generalization
give an example
There are different patterns and skills at multiple various levels of scale analysis
Province, state, city, country, neighborhood
E.G.: Prishtina <3
What is Local scale?
Large world Regions - list them
what are 7 continents
what are 3 cultural regions
Share some characteristics with the larger region, but is distinctive in some way
What is world subregions
Give example
Who is Albi
Cindy's college
what is baruch