From the perspective of experience, place differs from space in terms of familiarity and time. A place requires human agency, is something that may take time to know, and a home …

Some English prepositions have similar meanings. Next to and beside have the same meaning. The toaster is next to the kettle. The toaster is beside the kettle. Above and over have similar …

The purpose of this brief is to explore the importance of place even further, and to raise important questions about how geography shapes educational equity and opportunity.

place. To remain a place it has to be lived in. This is a platitude unless we examine what "liv d in" means. To live in a place is to experience it, to be aware of it in the bones as well as with the …

Geographers have long spoken of the importance of place as the unique focus distinguishing geography from other disciplines. Astronomy has the heavens, History has time, and …

You can judge the accessibility of a place by its connections to its surroundings, both visual and physical. A successful public space is easy to get to and get through; it is visible both from a …

Area Type (or Regional Role) describes the inter-dependencies of each neighborhood compared to the rest of the region, e.g. how centered is it to jobs in the region.