1. W HAT TO DO :

2. S CALE : L OCAL VS G LOBAL We study global processes & patterns more now than before. Why?

3. G LOBALIZATION Force or process that involves the entire world Makes something worldwide Idea that the “world is shrinking” What technological advancements do you think are fueling globalization?

4. E CONOMIC G LOBALIZATION 2008: first global recession (before: just one country or region) Starts with housing issue in USA & Europe and dominoes from there….so let’s think… Who else would be affected if housing market collapses?

5. T RANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS Operates in multiple countries; produces or sells goods and services in multiple countries

6. T RANSNATIONAL C ORPORATIONS All about making a profit and best for company Most headquartered in USA and Europe Why not move headquarters closer to factories or other areas?

7. G LOBALIZATION OF C ULTURE Cultural landscape starts to look the same

8. E FFECTS OF G LOBALIZATION Negative ? Local traditions threatened with extinction Some places hold tighter to traditions (stricter) for fear of cultural diffusion Positive? More products What is an example from your own culture that is a local tradition? What is an example from your own culture that reflects globalization of a culture?

9. S PACE : D ISTRIBUTION OF F EATURES Physical gap between two objects Spatial thinking essential because we need to think about arrangement of objects (distribution) Think spatially: where would you open a business? What things do you need to consider?

10. D ENSITY Frequency something occurs

11. C ONCENTRATION Object arrangement Pattern vs sporadic Cluster vs dispersed What is the concentration of where you live?

12. P ATTERN Arrangement of objects Most common is linear or a grid. Why?

13. C ULTURAL I DENTITY IN S PACE Patterns may vary based on cultural elements and identity G-ers study distribution and how people move as a results and long-term effects People tend to congregate into areas they feel most accepted and similar to other members of community Businesses sometimes intentionally try to attract certain groups over others Examples???

16. I DENTITY IN C ONTEMPORARY G EOGRAPHY Multiple aspects of people’s perspectives How would my biases be different than yours? Always a debate of equality of time vs minorities being emphasized or mistreated Balance!!

17. C ONNECTIONS People, ideas, and objects move via connections through one of three types of diffusion. Relocation diffusion: Spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another Expansion diffusion: Spread the feature from one place to another in an additive process Hierarchical diffusion: spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places Contagious diffusion: rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population Stimulus diffusion: Spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse.

18. S PATIAL I NTERACTION Contact & interaction as distance “Distance decay” Technology helped remove barriers

19. U NEQUAL A CCESS Historically=physical Examples? Now=lack of access to electronics Why ? Presently 3 cultural-economic hearths What are they?? North America, Europe, Japan More of a gap between developed and developing countries Also a gap within countries