VCE Geographical Concepts

This concept comprises the living and non-living physical elements and social conditions of the earth's atmosphere.

This concept is either measured in units such as distance and kilometres. There is also a psychological aspect of this concept where places can either feel closer or further.

This concept revolves around the movement of people, flows of trade and investment, cultural influences, political power and more.

Parts of the earth's surface that are identified and given meaning by people. This is perceived, experienced, understood and valued differently.

This concept looks at the capacity of the environment and how it continues to support life. Human population plays a big part in this concept.

This concept is the change or expansion in the location where one or more phenomena go from one location to it's new location.

This concept can occur at varying rates, at different times, over varying durations and at different scales. This concept affects people and place differently but we all experience it during our lifetime.

This concept refers to the way something is spread out or arranged over a many geographic area. The concept can be applied to nearly everything on Earth, from animal and plant species, to disease infections, weather patterns, and artificial structures.

This concept about space and involves thinking about the ways in which the "world" works. An example might be how an earthquake creates a tsunami.

This concept is a definable area of the earth's surface or environment that distinguish it from it's neighbouring areas. This concept can be identified with the use of scale which includes local, state, within country or within our world.