Scales of Analysis
The scale that examines phenomena across the entire world, often used to study globalization.
What is the global scale of analysis
A region where people share one or more cultural traits, such as language or religion.
What is a formal region
The study of interactions between societies and their environments.
What is cultural ecology
Materials like minerals, forests, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
What are natural resources
The view that the environment offers opportunities and limitations, but culture and choices shape development.
What is possibilism?
A geographer studying income differences between Vietnam and Myanmar would use this scale.
What is the national scale of analysis
A region organized around a central node, like a city and its surrounding suburbs.
What is a functional region
A territorially bounded system where humans and the environment interact.
What is an ecosystem
Fossil fuels such as oil and coal are examples of these, which exist in finite quantities.
What are nonrenewable resources
A process where local environments and global processes affect one another simultaneously
What is glocalization
Looking at wealth differences between neighborhoods in Berlin represents this scale.
What is the local scale of analysis
A region defined by people's shared perceptions
What is perceptual/vernacular region
The concept that peoples values, beliefs, and practices shape how they perceive their environment.
What is environmental perception
Energy sources like solar, wind, and geothermal that naturally replenish over time.
What are renewable resources
The phenomenon where people are more likely to interact with those closer to them than farther away
What is distance decay
Comparing economic performance between the European Union and non-EU states uses this scale.
What is the regional scale of analysis
A boundary under dispute, like northern Ireland
What is a contested boundary
The 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan is an example of the study of these.
What are natural hazards
Compounds such as carbon dioxide that trap heat near Earth's surface.
What are greenhouse gases
The belief that the physical environment shapes human culture and societies are passive products of it.
What is environmental determinism
The perspective that emphasizes the interconnectedness of global and local processes.
What is the glocal perspective
Areas where cultures overlap and blend, such as the U.S. - Mexico border.
What is a border zone
Human actions such as irrigation, coal mining, and logging are examples of this.
What is purposeful or accidental habitat modification
Meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet theirs.
What is environmental sustainability
The perspective that emphasizes how global culture and economic foces spread but are adapted differently in local contexts.
What is cultural globalization (or glocalization)