Encyclopedia of Geography Terms, Themes, and Concepts
The origin of territoriality has been a topic of intense debate among political geographers, anthropologists, and sociologists. ...
thunderstorms in progress overEarth. Although thunderstorms can be dangerous, it is important to note that these small disturban ...
of discharges reach the ground with the remainder being cloud-to-cloud lightning. A ground strike establishes a connection with ...
severe thunderstorms as those that have winds in excess of 58 miles per hour,^3 ⁄ 4 -inch diameter hail, or frequent lightning. ...
bringing instability. Polar regions are noteworthy for the absence of such thunder- storms because polar air masses are usually ...
northeast. A suffix ofdorforburgin a city place name often indicates settlement by German immigrants. Studies of toponyms can un ...
grazing because of overuse early in its history. Much of the farmland in Great Britain was worked as common land before the encl ...
partially incorporate the perspectives and logic of the dominant culture, resulting in a self-representation that is partially r ...
animals. In the process of transhumance,the migration of humans and animals takes place as movement between pastures located at ...
U Urban Decentralization The diffusion of urban structures and functions outward from the urban core, or Central Business Distri ...
also decentralized, and businesses that relocated toward the suburbs tended to cluster together in a single, concentrated space, ...
allowed for the production of an agricultural surplus, which in turn led to a differ- entiation of labor, development of social ...
to the emergence of anentrepoˆt, either of which may stimulate economic opportu- nities and urban growth. This in turn will lead ...
the margins of urban space, enjoying the benefits of urban life from a distance and thereby avoiding many of the disadvantages o ...
high levels of pollution, poor and unsanitary housing conditions, and an inability to provide adequate services to the rapidly g ...
V Von Thunen Model An economic land use model developed to explain the variation in the pricing structure of agricultural commod ...
directly across the landscape to the market, as no roads or pathways exist. In order to market their crops, all farmers must del ...
Beyond this margin a shift occurs to a commodity that has lower transportation costs to make production profitable. The model is ...
batholiths. They have sizes greater than one hundred square kilometers and extend downward as far as 50 km below the surface. Th ...
layers called flood basalts. Flood basalts can be several thousand meters thick and cover more than a half a million square km. ...
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