Geography Concepts

May be natural and/or cultural. They have particular characteristics and features which can be the result of natural and/or cultural processes.  

• Spatial
• Environments
• Phenomena
• Perspectives

Ways of seeing the world that help explain differences in decisions about, responses to, and interactions with environments. “Bodies” or “schools”  of thought, theories or worldviews that shape people’s values and have built up over time.

• Spatial
• Processes
• Perspectives
• Environments

A sequence of actions, natural and/or cultural, that shape and change environments, places and societies.

• Environments
• Sustainability
• Values
• Processes

May be Spatial = the arrangement of features on the earth’s surface; or Temporal = how characteristics differ over time in recognisable ways.

• Phenomena
• Patterns
• Perspectives
• Values

How elements of an environment affect each other and are linked together.  Includes movement, flows, connections, links and interrelationships which work together and may be one way or two way. Can modify (change) or maintain an environment.

• Interaction
• Perspectives
• Environments
• Spatial

Alteration or variation to the natural or cultural environment.  Can be spatial (over an area) and/or temporal (over a time period).  A normal process in both natural and cultural environments.  It occurs at varying rates, at different times and in different places.  Can be predictable, recurrent, cyclic, unpredictable or erratic. 

• Spatial
• Environments
• Change
• Sustainability

Involves adopting ways of thinking and behaving that allow individuals, groups, and societies to meet their needs and aspirations without preventing future generations from meeting theirs. 

• Values
• Sustainability
• Perceptions 
• Patterns

The way in which people view and interpret environments

• Phenomena
• Viewpoints
• Change
• Perceptions 

What people think about geographic issues

• Spatial
• Values
• Viewpoints
• Change

People’s deeply held beliefs about what is important and desirable in relation to environments or geographic issues

• Values
• Spatial
• Sustainability
• Interaction