 |  Introduction to Geography, 8/e Arthur Getis,
San Diego State University
Judith Getis
Jerome D. Fellmann,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Geography of Spatial Behavior
Objectives:After reading and studying this chapter you should be able to:
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Explain environmental perception, relating it to spatial cognition.
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Explain the logic people use to justify living in high hazard area.
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Identify the factors that influence the accuracy of mental maps.
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Enumerate the factors, which influence the shape and content of human activity space.
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Describe the factors that affect spatial interaction.
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Classify various phenomena subject to diffusion into one of the major categories of spatial diffusion.
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Know what is meant by distance decay and critical distance.
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Identify the important "push" and "pull" factors.
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Explain the role of place utility in inducing or inhibiting decision-making.
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Identify and draw on a world map the major recent international migration streams.
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Analyze any kind of human spatial behavior employing the concepts discussed in this chapter.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education