Human geography

Human geography

Geographical events related to human actions.

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alternative technology

Geography; Human geography

Technology, intended for ledcs, which is labor-intensive, low-cost and makes use of local renewable resources and skills. The aim is to maintain harmony with the environment.

altiplanation

Geography; Human geography

A periglacial process, involving freeze-thaw weathering and solifluction, that produces step-like features (altiplanation terraces) and flattened hill-tops. Where a slope is underlain by rock of ...

amenity

Geography; Human geography

A feature of the environment that is perceived as being pleasant and attractive. In current geographical usage, the term tends to be applied to something that has aesthetic, physiological or ...

anabatic wind

Geography; Human geography

A local breeze that blows upslope during the day in regions of high relief. When intense solar radiation warms the ground surface (often on the adret side of a valley), the air above is heated by ...

anaerobic

Geography; Human geography

In the biological sense, organisms living in the absence of free oxygen. An anaerobic soil is thus in an airless state, notably when waterlogged.

analysis of variance

Geography; Human geography

A statistical technique used to test whether a series of samples differs significantly with respect to some defined property. The technique compares within-sample differences with between-sample ...