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GEOG 363 LOCATIONAL ANALYSIS |
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| LOCATIONAL ANALYSIS
is the art and science of determining where
things are, where things could be and where things should be... those
"things" can refer to all types of human activities and
human-environment interactions.
Why, you ask, would one refer to locational analysis as an "art" and a science? In our world, it is often the case that few "perfect," rational location decisions can be made "just by the numbers"... we often find ourselves comprising because of external factors over which we may have no control or have no wish to control. Thus, optimal solutions are abandoned in favor of solutions that will satisfy us in the most important criteria... or, in some cases, will offend the fewest. This easy to understand: in the first case, we might consider a number of factors that determine what we want in a home and pick the one closest to our dream; in the latter case, the siting of a office - certainly not the worst example of an undesirable land use - might be opposed because nearby residents are concerned about traffic increases, land values, parking problems, and/or the "change" from a quiet residential neighborhood to one of a more commercial nature (the first step on the infamous "slippery slope"?)... In this course, we will discuss some of the basic concepts of locational analysis, and work through a series of exercises to demonstrate both the applications and limitations of locational analysis, applied to urban places. |
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SYLLABUS: TO BE REPOSTED WHEN COURSE IS OFFERED AGAIN. |
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