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Geography in Every Day Life - Coggle Diagram
Geography in Every Day Life
Relationship between People & Nature
+VE
~Lowering air temperature ~Removal of pollutants ~Provision of recreation space.
-VE
~Soil Erosion , ~Damaging ~vegetation, worsening pollution.
Reasons for increase in wild-life encounters in sg
~Urban Expansion ~people´s interest in outdoor recreation. ~Greening efforts by the state.
A Sense of Place in Neighborhood
Sense of place
Associate meanings
memories with locations
How people acquire it
Repeated encounters with objects & people.
Significant or memorable events at local landmarks and gathering places.
Represented by :
Different emotions expressed in media might enhance or contradict our sense of place.
R
elationship between locations in neighborhood
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Regions
-Areas with similar physical and/or human characteristics.
-Vary in size
-classified into
~ Enviromental characteristics
~Human characteristics
~Geographical Locations
Spatial patterns
~reflect non-random arrangement.
Recognizable as: shapes,clusters,geometry,or repeated occurrences at regular intervals
Spatial Associations
-Refers to tendency of a pair of services events & object located near each other.
Example: Lift and stairs.
Spatial hierarchies in SG
Precinct
Between 400 -800 residential units.
Facilities are often within close proximity serving residents with everyday needs
Neighbourhood/town
A Neighbour hood serves between 4000 and 6000 residents
compromises a few precinct
Town
A few neighborhood forms a
town
How is town planning done in SG
Serves residents and provides for nature at distinct levels of the precinct ,neighborhood and town
land in each town
land allocated for housing, industrial and commercial development
remaining land set aside for schools, roads, parks and other fascillities.
2.Creates connections and synergies across precincts ,neighborhood and towns
To help achieve sustainability
Organisation of neighbourhood in SG
Spatial Scales
~Refers to the extent of area where pheneomen or process takes place.
can be at diff hierachies includes: global, regional and local
Nested areas
Are smaller area located within larger areas.
Spatial scales in SG
more than 20 towns in the island
with concentration of activities.
Spatial Hieracrhies in SG
Precinct