Key Themes in Human Geography

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Key Themes in Human Geography

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• http//geog.tamu.edu/sarah/humangeog.html

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Key Themes

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• Review of key themes
• Resources
• Questions

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The Disclaimer

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Key Themes in Human Geography
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Nature and Perspectives

• The key to success

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Environmental Perspective
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Spatial Perspective
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Population

• Malthus Model of Population Change
• Population at geometric rate
• Production at arithmetic rate
• Result?
• Malthusian Checks?
• Criticisms

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Cultural Patterns/Processes

• Diffusion
• Types
• Expansion diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

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Cultural Processes and Patterns

• Diffusion
• Processes
• Dissemination of information about the innovation
• Adoption of innovation

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1953
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1959
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Agriculture and Rural Land Use

• Von Thunens Model of Land Use

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Market

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Land
Transportation Costs
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Intensity of production and type of land use
varies with distance from the market.
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Industrialization Development

• Webers Model
• Transport costs
• Labor costs
• Economies of scale
• Economic Sector Theory
• Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
• Rise and fall of sectors with development

Least cost location
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Sectors of the Economy
Tertiary
Percent of Workforce
Secondary
Quaternary
Primary
Time
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Cities and Urban Land Use

• Central Place Theory
• Central Place a town or city that provides a
  common location for obtaining goods and services
• Market Area the hinterland (surrounding area)
  served by a central place
• Range the distance a customer will travel for a
  specific good or service
• Threshold purchasing power of customers/consumers
  that supports provision of good or service