-SAN ANTONIO and TEXAS -
1.Geography: Nature and Perspective Key Concepts –Location, Space, Place, Pattern, Regionalization and Globalization Key Skills –Maps, Spatial Data, Define Regions New Geographic technologies –GIS, Remote Sensing, GPS
LOCATION: Relative
LOCATION: Absolute N, W
2. Population Analysis of Population –Density, Distribution, Composition Population Growth and Decline –Historical Trends, Patterns of Mortality Population Movement –Migration, Refugees
Demographics 7th Largest City 1.2 million people
3. Cultural Patterns Concepts of Culture Cultural Difference –Language, Religion, Ethnicity, Gender Cultural Landscapes –Environmental impact of cultural attitudes
4. Political Organization of Space Territorial Dimensions of Politics –Boundaries Evolution of Political Patterns –Nation-State, Colonialism, Democratization Changes and Challenges –Fragmentation, Terrorism
REGION: Political - Education
PLACE: School Districts
5. Agriculture, Rural Land Use Development and Diffusion of Agriculture Major Agricultural Production Regions Rural Land Use and Settlement Patterns Modern Commercial Agriculture
6.Industrialization and Economic Development Growth and Diffusion –Industrial Revolution, Economic Cores and Peripheries, Industrial Location Contemporary Patterns, Impacts –Levels of Development, Globalization, Natural Resources, Women in Development
7. Cities and Urban Land Use Development and Character of Cities –Edge cities Models of Urban Systems –Rank Size, Central Place Theory, Gravity Model Internal City Structure –Sector Model, Multiple-Nuclei Built Enviroment –Housing, Infrastructure, Patterns of Race
SPACE
SCALE
REGION: Physical - Edward’s Aquifer
PLACE: Toponyms Names reflect history
PLACE: The Economy San Antonio’s FORTUNE 500
P A T T E R N :
Arrangements of objects in relation to other objects
MOVEMENT: Push or Pull? Immigrant Admissions FY'91-'98: Top Ten Countries RankCountry No. of Immigrants 1Mexico12,181 2Philippines894 3Vietnam820 4China *628 5India548 6Canada454 7United Kingdom396 8Germany314 9Soviet Union312 10Korea290 * Includes Hong Kong and Taiwan. ** Partial data. The San Antonio MSA accounted for the fifth largest number of Texas' legal immigrant settlement recorded by the INS since the 1990 Census (after San Antonio, Dallas, El Paso and Ft. Worth). The average annual settlement rate since FY'91 has been nearly 4,000 immigrants.
MOVEMENT: Push factors Kelly AFB Closed 1995
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
GLOBALIZATION: NAFTA
GLOBALIZATION: NBA
BIBLIOGRAPHY Location Region: Place Restaurants-on-the-Riverwalk-San-Antonio-TX-Photographic-Print-C jpeg U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 2000 Movement Human-Environment Interaction Globalization asp?ID=154414&hubName=n...