1. Core Geographic Concepts The Changing Attributes of Place Interrelations between places The Structured Content of Place Place Similarity and Regions

2. The Changing Attributes of Place  Over time, places change  Geologically  Due to humans physically altering the landscape  Due to human cultural change What places on earth would we expect to be rapidly changing their “place identities” now?

3. Interrelations Between Places  Spatial Interaction: Two or more places interact! Why?  If places are accessible, they will interact with other places.  If places are connected, they will interact with other places. What is the result of that interaction?

4. The Structured Content of Place  Density  Dispersion  Pattern

5. The Structured Content of Place: Density  There are two types of density: Arithmetic and Physiological  Arithmetic = people/unit of land  Physiological = people / unit of arable land  Why might knowing the density of a place be very helpful to a geographer or a government?

6. If the world’s population lived in _________ at the density of _________  http://persquaremile.com/2011/01/18/if-the-worlds-population-lived-in- one-city/ http://persquaremile.com/2011/01/18/if-the-worlds-population-lived-in- one-city/

7.  What is the density of Dallas?  Texas?  USA?  New York?  London?  Tokyo?  Hong Kong?

8. The Structured Content of Place: Dispersion  Are things agglomerated? Or are they scattered?  What might be true of a society that is highly agglomerated? Highly scattered?

9. The Structured Content of Place: Pattern  Different Patterns: Draw them!  Linear  Centralized  Random  Rectilinear  Hexagonal

10. The Structured Content of Place: Pattern  Different Patterns: Why do they happen?????  Linear  Centralized  Rectilinear  Hexagonal

11. Formal Regions  A formal region has a common characteristic.  Texas  Corn Belt  Rust Belt

12. Functional Region  A central place and the surrounding area physically linked to it.  Example?

14. Perceptual Region  Defined by popular feelings and images  “The Heartland” – a place where traditional American values dominate  “God’s Country”

15.  Economic  Social

16.  Economic  Social

17.  Environmental

18.  Economic  Social (Historical)

19.  Economic  Social (Historical)

20.  Economic  Social  Political  Environmental

21.  Economic

22.  Social (Historical)

23.  Economic  Social

24.  Economic  Social (Religions?)

25.  Social – What cultures are present?