Geography Specialised Concepts

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The connection between cause and effect.
Causality.
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A state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.
Equilibrium.
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The outputs of a system becoming an input.
Feedback.
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The key characteristics associated with an area. An individual or group's sense of attatchment to an area.
Identity.
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A social or economic disparity.
Inequality.
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Disparity.
A great difference.
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The dependece of two or more things on eachother.
Interdependence.
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The growing interdependence of countries resulting from the increasing integration of trade, finance, people and ideas into one global marketplace.
Globalisation.
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Reducing, preventing or delaying something.
Mitigation.
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Reducing the existing impact of something.
Adaptation.
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The description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way.
Representation.
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The threats involved in concentrating resources in certain areas .eg. investing in hurricane-prone areas.
Risk.
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The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.
Resilience.
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Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Sustainability.
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A regularly interacting or interdependent group of units forming an integrated whole. eg. a tree/ a snake.
System.
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A point in a system's process where sudden or rapid change occurs.
Threshold.
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Card 2

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Equilibrium.

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A state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.

Card 3

Front

Feedback.

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Card 4

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Identity.

Back

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Card 5

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Inequality.

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