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Your distant and/or near place should cover at least one of these topic areas: Demographic and Cultural Characteristics Economic Change and Social Inequalities
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Absolute distance - Distance in quantitative terms; such as miles or kilometers. Relative distance - Qualitative distance; such as 20 min south, 30 min north, description of place. Clustering - How close objects are over a geographical space. Dispersal - How far objects are spread out.
know. Changing places covers a sociological aspect of geography. You will study at least one local place where you live or an area or have conducted fieldwork. You will also need a distant place which has ideas of local, regional, national and international connections.
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Absolute distance: Exact measurement of the physical space between two places. Relative distance: Approximate measurement of the physical space between two places. Distribution: The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface.
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This section specifies a systems approach to the study of water and carbon cycles. The content invites students to contemplate the magnitude and significance of the cycles at a variety of scales, their relevance to wider geography and their central importance for human populations.
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Your ‘distant’ place should significantly contrast your local place. It should contrast your local place in at least one of the following areas, but ideally it should contrast in multiple ways: Economic development Population density Cultural background
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A spatial approach considers the arrangement of the phenomena being studied across the surface of the earth. Important considerations of this approach are things such as location, distance, direction, orientation, pattern, and interconnection.
