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SPACE

The document discusses the concept of space in geography, distinguishing between absolute and relative space. Absolute space is defined as a passive, empty concept rooted in classical mechanics, while relative space is dynamic, affecting the arrangement and qualities of objects within it. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts to better analyze geographical landscapes and their elements.

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SPACE

The document discusses the concept of space in geography, distinguishing between absolute and relative space. Absolute space is defined as a passive, empty concept rooted in classical mechanics, while relative space is dynamic, affecting the arrangement and qualities of objects within it. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts to better analyze geographical landscapes and their elements.

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Space in Geography

Space
•“Space is a thing in itself”
•Different interpretations of space are projected into theory
and methodology of geography
•Geography has not clearly defined "geographical or
landscape space“
•The concept of geographical space is shaped under -
Absolute and Relative Space
Absolute Space
•The concept of "absolute space" originated in classical
mechanics or Euclidean geometry
•This concept embodies the idea of emptiness, and the idea
of absence of any object
•Represented with relative precision by the system of
topographical coordinates
•Ideas of space according to the "scheme of the things"
Scheme of the things
•The "scheme of the things" consists of the distinction
between two groups of individuals.
•The first group includes mobile things. They are the only
carriers of qualities.
•The second group is represented by qualitatively empty
immobile
•The things carry qualities of two types - spatial and
non-spatial and,
•their qualities are independent of the location spatial areas.
•Rocks, soil, water, organism etc., may be interpreted as "the
things", as objects made up of various substances
•The localization of the things - landscape elements - in space
may be expressed only in abstract terms
•localization keeps the relationship between the position and
the nature of objects unexpressed
•If relationship were indicated, landscape space would lose its
character of absolute, passive space
•Individual landscape space – Monocentric Space
Relative Space
•Parallel to the idea of landscape space as absolute space
there exists also the idea of relative landscape space
•Rather than being passive, it affects the things it contains,
arranging them into certain spatial structure with field of
force
•Geographical determinism constitutes a culmination of the
intuitive conception of landscape space as a field of force
•In the study of individual landscape elements concept of
space is always relational
• Instead of the scheme of the things, it uses another scheme - "the
scheme of the things in the field“
• Under such scheme, things are not the only carries of qualities
but are also carried by spatial areas
• The thing located in a given spatial area thus participates in the
qualities of the respective area
• The change in position will entail a change in some qualities of the
thing
• No longer recognizes the dichotomy between the thing and
space
• Different climatic conditions and varying properties of rocks,
different areas with different rice varieties

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