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WHY IS EACH PLACE ON THE EARTH UNIQUE?
HOW DO GEOGRAPHERS USE REGIONS TO SPATIALLY ORGANIZE PLACES ON A MAP?
The Uniqueness of Placesand
Organization of Regions
Adapted from Rubenstein Chapter 1 lecture
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Name the Place
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“The Windy City”
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How are these related to one another?
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Place: Unique Location of a Feature
1) Toponyms- Where do they come from?
2) Site Physical character? Modified by humans?
3) Situation Location relative to other
places? Importance of location?
4) Mathematical Location Parallels and Meridians Latitude and Longitude
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Site:Lower
Manhattan Island
Fig. 1-6: Site of lower Manhattan Island, New York City. There have been many changes to the area over the last 200 years.
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Situation: Singapore
Fig. 1-7: Singapore is situated at a key location for international trade.
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With a partner… choose a particular place and describe its SITE SITUATION
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World Geographic Grid
Fig. 1-8: The world geographic grid consists of meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude. The prime meridian ( 0º) passes through Greenwich, England.
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World Time Zones
Fig. 1-9: The world’s 24 standard time zones each represent about 15° of longitude. They are often depicted using the Mercator projection.
Eastern Standard (@ 75 degrees longitude, 5 hours earlier than GMT)
Central Standard (6 hours earlier)
Mountain Standard (7 hours earlier than GMT)
Pacific Standard (8 hours earlier than GMT)
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Moving eastward—“catching up with the sun”
Because every place to the east goes under the sun earlier, the clock goes ahead every 15 degrees longitude as you go east.
If you move west 15 degrees, the clock goes backward
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Regions: Areas of unique characteristics
Regions
Cultural landscape Types of regions
Formal Functional Vernacular
Spatial association Regional integration of culture Cultural ecology
Also called a uniform or homogenous region.
Everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
(Economic characteristic, cultural value, environmental property)
Also called a nodal region.
Organized around a node or focal points… influence of certain defining characteristic
diminishes outward.
(Newspaper areas, radio broadcasting areas, etc)
Also called a perceptual region.
A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
AHEAD
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Presidential Election 2004Regional Differences
Fig. 1-10: Presidential election results by county & state illustrate differences in regional voting patterns.
GO BACK
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Formal and Functional Regions
Fig. 1-11: The state of Iowa is an example of a formal region; the areas of influence of various television stations are examples of functional regions. GO BACK
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Vernacular Regions
Fig. 1-12: A number of features are often used to define the South as a vernacular region, each of which identifies somewhat different boundaries.
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World Climate Regions
Fig. 1-14: The modified Köppen system divides the world into five main climate regions.
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CULTURE
To care aboutLanguage, religion, ethnicityTraditions, values
To take care of Food, clothing, shelter Wealth, material goods,
means of income
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Cultural Ecology
The geographic study of human-environment relationships
Environmental Determinism
The idea that the physical
environment causes social development.
Possibilism
The physical environment may
limit human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the environment.
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A Case Study ofDjibouti
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Where in the world is Djibouti?
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Physical Environment
Topography Coastal plain and
plateau separated by central mountains
Climate Desert Torrid Dry
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Physical Environment
Average Max/Min Temperature in Djibouti City
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Physical Environment
Average Total Precipitation in Djibouti City
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Environmental Health Risk
Greatest short-term health risks
Water contaminated with raw sewage or runoff containing fecal pathogens and water contaminated with industrial waste
Extreme heat
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Environmental Issues
Food Fecal and chemical contamination
Soil Localized to specific areas surrounding industrial
facilities and waste disposal sites
Water Municipal water treatment and public sanitation
services inadequate Persistent discharge of untreated sewage into surface
waters and coastal areas Discharges from offshore tanker traffic contribute to
petrochemical contamination of Djibouti's coastline
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Infectious Diseases
Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases diarrhea (bacterial & protozoal), hep A/E,
typhoid/paratyphoid fever Cholera
Vector-borne Diseases Malaria Chickungunya, Leishmaniasis, Crimean-Congo fever,
Dengue, Leishmaniasis, Rickettsioses, Rift Valley fever, Sand-fly fever, West Nile fever, Yellow fever
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Infectious Diseases Cont.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases HIV, Hepatitis B gonorrhea / chlamydia
Water-contact Diseases leptospirosis, schistosomiasis
Respiratory Diseases meningococcal meningitis,
tuberculosis
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Economic Issues
Economy is based on service activities connected with the country's strategic location and status as a open or free trade (imports and exports) zone in the Horn of Africa
Scarce rainfall limits crop productionFew natural resources and little industryHeavily dependent on foreign aid Unemployment figures of nearly 60 per
cent
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Economic issues
Per capita consumption dropped an estimated 35 per cent between 1999 and 2006 because of recession or slump, civil war, and a high general populace growth rate (including immigrants and refugees)
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Social Issues
Literacy rate of the population over 15 years of age as 46 percent (males 60 percent; females 33 percent)
Total enrollment at primary and secondary schools was equivalent 26 percent of the school-age population.
No university in Djibouti--technical skills are often found lacking.
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Social Issues
Life-expectancy estimates are 49 years for males and 53 years for females in 2001
Infant mortality stands at 102 per 1,000, (the U.S. rate is 7 per 1,000).
There is a 600-bed hospital in the capital and a 60-bed maternity and pediatric hospital in Balbala.
Large prostitute population=high incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV.
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“Location Gives Tiny State Prime Access to Big Riches” by Jeffrey Gettlemen
Considering this information and the article you read for homework, let’s consider how Djibouti exhibits
Environmental determinism?
Possibilism?