Human Geography 1
Human Geography 1
The Sormolo Family of Ethiopia and the Rust Family of Switzerland live “worlds
apart.” One family ekes out a living on $280 a year, while the other thrives on
$68,000. What geographical factors played a role in this disparity?
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Key Issues in a Globalizing World: Sustainability
Sustainability is about the interdependence of the economy, the environment, and social
well-being. It is defined as “development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
Diffusion of HIV
Where does the medical and geographical evidence point as the origin of
the HIV/AIDS pandemic?
The Geography of HIV/AIDS
Longitude is distance east or west of the prime meridian (an imaginary line
running from north to south through Greenwich, England). Both are
measured in terms of the 360 degrees (symbolized by °) of a circle.
Source:
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Source:
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Spatial Interaction (how
places interact through
movement)
• Complementarity
• Transferability
• Intervening opportunity
Complementarity
• For two places to
interact, one place
must have a supply of
an item for which there
is an effective demand.
• Example: product: Oil -
Interaction: US - Middle East
What is Effective Demand?
• Desire for the item
(demand)
• Purchasing Power -
$$$
• Means to transport
the product - rail,
road, internet, ship
etc.
Transferability
• Refers to mobility of
a commodity
• Spatial interaction
occurs only when
acceptable costs of
an exchange are
met.
• Costs include both
Time and Money
Transferability Function of Three
Conditions.
• Characteristics and value of product.
• The distance measured in time and money.
• The ability of the commodity to bear the costs
of movement.
– Both physical and economic.
– If the time and money costs are too great
interaction does not occur.
– Buyer seeks substitute or goes without product.
Intervening Opportunity
• Closer opportunities will
reduce the the
attractiveness of interaction
with more distant- even
slightly better- alternatives.
• Example -ski area in Big
B
Bear. The snow is not as
good as Tahoe. But people
in Southern Calif. are more
C likely to ski in Big Bear.
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Spatial Analysis