APHG Review

The overall appearance of an area that is shaped by both human and natural influences

• Cultural Landscape

• Landscape

• Situation

• Site

Landscapes that have been affected, influenced, or shaped by human involvement

• Cultural Landscape

• Landscape

• Site

• Situation

Idea that the environment determines human behavior

• Environmental Determinism

• Environmental Possiblism

• Functional Region

• Cultural Landscape

Spreading of some phenomena

• Landscape

• Environmental Determinism

• Environmental Possibilism

• Diffusion

Idea that humans can manipulate the environment for their needs

• Environmental Determinism

• Environmental Possiblism

• Functional Region

• Cultural Landscape

An area where people share common characteristics

• Functional Region

• Region

• Perceptual Region

• Hearth

Region based around a specific place or function

• Functional Region

• Region

• Perceptual Region

• Hearth

A region defined by people’s attitudes, beliefs toward a particular area

• Cultural Region

• Region

• Perceptual Region

• Hearth

An area where people share a similar culture

• Cultural Region

• Region

• Perceptual Region

• Functional Region

Cities provide goods and services to smaller surrounding areas

• Threshold

• Range

• Central Place Theory

• Galactic City Model