What is interconnection? People and things are connected to other
FIGURE4 Mount Tom Price township and mine in Western Australia, with þy in, þy out (FIFO) worker huts in the left foreground. It is interconnected to the rest of Australia by both the þights and the workers.
people and things in their own and other places. Understanding these connections helps us to understand how and why places are changing. Interconnection emphasises that no object of geographical study can be viewed in isolation. It is about the ways that geographical phenomena are connected to each other through environmental processes, the movement of people, þows of trade and investment, the purchase of goods and services, cultural inþuences and the exchange of ideas and information. An event in one location can lead to change in a place some distance away.
FIGURE5 The water cycle shows many interconnections.
The sun’s energy drives water cycle processes.
Condensation When water vapour cools, it condenses to form clouds and fog.
Precipitation Water droplets increase in size and weight and fall to Earth’s surface.
Vapour Water vapour moves into the atmosphere and cools as it rises.
Transpiration Plants transpire water from the soil into the atmosphere as water vapour.
Freezing
Evaporation Water evaporates from soil and water surfaces to form water vapour or gas.
Groundwater Water passes through soil and rock.
What is change? The concept of change is about using time to better understand a place, an environment, a spatial pattern or a geographical problem. The concept of change involves both time and space — change can take place over a period of time, or over a geographical area. The time period for change can be very short (e.g., the impact of a þash þood) or over thousands or millions of years (e.g., the development of fossil fuel resources).
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