REGION TYPES – FORMAL, FUNCTIONAL, or VERNACULAR? 1.) Nebraska 2.) Kiss 95.7 Broadcast Area 3.) Dixie 4.) Brazil 5.) Sun Belt 6.) Red Sox Nation 7.) Hartford Metro Area 1.) Formal 2.) Functional 3.) Vernacular 4.) Formal 5.) Vernacular 6.) Vernacular 7.) Functional

Why Are Different Places Similar? Chapter 1 key issue 3 Why Are Different Places Similar?

Geographers try to explain why similarities between disparate places are not coincidental. Globalization means that the scale of the world is shrinking, not literally in size, of course, but in the ability of a person, object, or an idea to interact with a person, object, or idea in another place.

Calcutta, India from 3 different scales They find these similarities by looking at human activities or phenomena from different SCALES Calcutta, India from 3 different scales

LOCAL > STATE > REGIONAL > NATIONAL > GLOBAL Scales of analysis LOCAL > STATE > REGIONAL > NATIONAL > GLOBAL

BEWARE - SCALES CAN LIE! Something that seems true at ONE scale might not be from ANOTHER scale.

Cancer rates at 3 different scales

Today, geographers are most concerned with the GLOBAL scale. Technology has changed our world, bringing people ‘closer’ together and making cultures ever more SIMILAR.

Globalization is the ‘shrinking’ of the world- not literally, but in terms of interaction and diffusion.

POSITIVE ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION

With globalization & modern technology, INTERACTION between disparate places is becoming more common than ever before.

Popular ideas and preferences are being DIFFUSED across the planet- making disparate cultures ever more similar.

Historically, extreme distance between two places or things meant they were highly unlikely to INTERACT.

This is called DISTANCE DECAY- the farther you are from something, the less likely that it impacts you (and vice versa!).

Today, EXTREME DISTANCE is no longer the barrier that it once was. Advances in COMMUNICATION and TRAVEL technology have brought the world ‘closer together’ than ever before.

KEY element of Globalization! SPACE-TIME COMPRESSION is the reduction in time it takes for something to reach another place, whether it is a person or idea. KEY element of Globalization!

SPACE - TIME COMPRESSION

Economic issues in one country are more likely to cause ‘ripples’ throughout the rest of the world system, as economies grow ever more inter- dependent.

Example #1: The ASIAN CONTAGION of 1997

CHINESE STOCK MARKET CRASH of 2015 Example #2: CHINESE STOCK MARKET CRASH of 2015

Within days of Chinese markets plummeting, the Dow Jones average- the biggest US stock index- had its biggest single-day fall ever.

Many people also feel that GLOBALIZATION is destroying the most unique elements of many cultures, replacing them with popular substitutions.

Others feel that this force only serves to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.

A HOUSING BUBBLE is when house prices build up to an unsustainable level. When it ‘pops,’ home values fall and many are left ‘UNDERWATER.’ This last happened in 2009.

Who are the primary agents of GLOBALIZATION?

TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS (TNCs) are huge companies that divide their activities between different countries in order to maximize profit. They choose the most profitable locations for their activities based on local conditions (like labor costs).

TNCs have fostered the creation of a global division of labor.

Economic activities are regionalized – both production and consumption

Core: North America, Western Europe, and Japan. Semi-Periphery: India, China, Brazil, Iran, Mexico Periphery: Africa, Asia, and Latin America CORE-PERIPHERY DIVISIONS  

A rich country might need natural resources, while a poorer one might need capital for development When two countries each fill a role needed by the other, this is called COMPLEMENTARITY

Globalization of Culture Globalization is making cultural landscapes everywhere increasingly UNIFORM (similar)

Many stores create a visual appearance that differs as little as possible from place to place.

Figure 1-23 GLOBALIZATION OF CULTURE McDonald’s has more than 32,000 restaurants in 117 countries. To promote global uniformity of its restaurants, the company erects signs around the world that include two golden arches.

ACTIVITY BREAK……. In the next 5 minutes, draw a very simple map of your neighborhood. Try to include as many locations as possible (ROADS, parks, houses, stores, churches, etc). DO NOT LOOK AT A MAP.

Mental maps are maps in our minds of places we have been or know Activity spaces are those places we travel to routinely in our daily cycles. Mental maps include terra incognita, unknown lands that are off limits to our imagination.

Distribution of Features Space refers to the physical gap or interval between objects.

3 Properties of Distribution Density- frequency with which something occurs in a specified area. Concentration- extent of a feature’s spread Close together = clustered. Spread apart = dispersed. 3. Pattern- arrangements of objects

Distribution Each of these examples has the same DENSITY- the same amount of houses in the same area. Each, however, has a different CONCENTRATION. Each also has a different PATTERN. Figure 1-24 DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSES The top plan for a residential area has a lower density than the middle plan (24 houses compared to 32 houses on the same 82-acre piece of land), but both have dispersed concentrations. The middle and lower plans have the same density (32 houses on 82 acres), but the distribution of houses is more clustered in the lower plan. The lower plan has shared open space, whereas the middle plan provides a larger, private yard surrounding each house.

From CLUSTERED to DISPERSED FIGURE 1-25 DISTRIBUTION OF BASEBALL TEAMS The changing distribution of North American baseball teams illustrates the difference between density and concentration.

US Land Ordinance of 1785. PATTERN - The Township and Range System Divided land in Western states into 1x1 mile squares The Homestead Act of 1863 Encouraged settlement of the West by giving each settler 160 acres of land. Not in book!!! Need to write down

Cultural features, like attitudes, also follow patterns. Patterns of Culture Cultural features, like attitudes, also follow patterns. Humanistic geography is a branch of human geography that emphasizes the different ways that individuals perceive their surrounding environment.

Global Attitudes Toward Homosexuality FIGURE 1-30 SEXUAL DIVERSITY IN SPACE The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association maps the distribution of laws that discriminate on the basis of gender. The harshest laws against male–male or female–female relationships are found in sub-Saharan Africa and Southwest Asia and North Africa. Laws supporting male–male or female–female marriage or equivalent substitute are found primarily in Europe and Latin America.

Global Attitudes toward ABORTION

DIFFUSION Process by which a something spreads across space from one place to another

Something originates from a HEARTH before diffusing

Spread through movement of people from one place to another 4 TYPES OF DIFFUSION Relocation Diffusion Spread through movement of people from one place to another Connection refers to relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space. Diffusion is the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another overtime.

Hierarchical Diffusion 4 TYPES OF DIFFUSION Hierarchical Diffusion Spread from persons/nodes of authority down the ‘chain of power’ Connection refers to relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space. Diffusion is the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another overtime.

rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic 4 TYPES OF DIFFUSION Contagious Diffusion rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic Connection refers to relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space. Diffusion is the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another overtime.

Spread of a strong underlying principle, though not all might diffuse. 4 TYPES OF DIFFUSION Stimulus Diffusion Spread of a strong underlying principle, though not all might diffuse. Connection refers to relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space. Diffusion is the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another overtime.

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