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2. A place regarded as remote, underdeveloped, or culturally backward relative to other places; a place or state of stagnation, in which little or no economic, social, or intellectual progress occurs. 3. A secluded, peaceful place. badia In the Middle East, an arid area characterized by low or irregular precipitation and little or no vegetation.
Investigate different habitats and biomes, such as the rainforest; look at tangible ways children can prevent their destruction; Surround kids with geography: study maps, create maps, follow maps, play with maps. The more spatial intelligence is developed at a young age, the more children will understand their place in this world.
1. (of a place) Capable of being navigated; sufficiently deep, wide, predictable, and/or free of obstructions to afford easy or safe passage to vessels such as ships or automobiles. The term is often used to describe river channels and coastal inlets. 2. (of a vessel) In a navigable condition; steerable; seaworthy or roadworthy. navigation 1.
Advocates within the Food Justice movement have identified that terms like "Food Desert" undermine how the intersections of race and class largely influences minority communities' inaccessibility to fresh foods. [18] To better describe what is taking place, activists such as Karen Washington have begun to use the term "food apartheid."
In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Glossary of geography terms may refer to: Glossary of geography terms (A–M) Glossary of geography ...
The geography of food is a field of human geography.It focuses on patterns of food production and consumption on the local to global scale. Tracing these complex patterns helps geographers understand the unequal relationships between developed and developing countries in relation to the innovation, production, transportation, retail and consumption of food.
Urban agriculture is part of a larger discussion of the need for alternative agricultural paradigms to address food insecurity, inaccessibility of fresh foods, and unjust practices on multiple levels of the food system; and this discussion has been led by different actors, including food-insecure individuals, farm workers, educators and ...
Other chains, like Wegman's (a 71-store chain across the northeast), have long cooperated with the local food movement. [13] A recent study led by economist Miguel Gomez found that the supermarket supply chain often did much better in terms of food miles and fuel consumption for each pound compared to farmers markets. [14]