The Human Mosaic 1-9

A grouping of like places or the functional union of places to form a spatial unit

The study of spatial patterns and of differences and similarities from one place to another in environment and culture

The study of the relationships between people and the places and spaces in which they live

A total way of life held in common by a group of people

All aspects of the natural physical surroundings

Term to connote the objective, quantitative, model based typed of geography that seeks to understand spatial systems and networks through applications of the principles of social science

An imaginary situtation, proposed to simulate laboratory conditions so that geographers can isolate certain causal forces for detailed study

Term to connote the subjective, humanistic, culturally oriented type of geography that seeks to understand the unique character of individual regions and places

The Love of Place

A region inhabited by people who have one or more cultural traits in common

Areas where different regions meet and sometimes overlap

Concept based on the tendency of bother formal and functional culture regions to consist of a core/node, in which defining traits are purest or functions are headquartered, and a periphery that is tributary and displays fewer of the defining traits

An area that functions as a unit politically, socially, or economically

The central point in a functional culture region where functions are coordinated and directed

A region perceived to exist by its inhaitants

Spatial models, sense of place, power & ideology

Region
Mobility
Globalization
Nature-culture
Cultural landscape