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Time geography "is not a subject area per se", [2] but rather an integrative ontological framework and visual language in which space and time are basic dimensions of analysis of dynamic processes. Time geography was originally developed by human geographers, but today it is applied in multiple fields related to transportation, regional ...
Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life is a collection of essays by Marxist sociologist and urbanist philosopher Henri Lefebvre.The book outlines a method for analyzing the rhythms of urban spaces and the effects of those rhythms on the inhabitants of those spaces.
Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure Through Time and Space, [1] abbreviated The Pendragon Adventure or simply Pendragon, is a series of ten young-adult science fiction and fantasy novels by American author D. J. MacHale, published from 2002 to 2009. The series chronicles the adventures of Bobby Pendragon, an American teenager who discovers that ...
Spatial diffusion is the gradual spread of culture, ideas, and institutions across space over time, in which the desirability of one place adopting the traits of a separate place overcome the friction of distance. Time geography explores how human activity is affected by the constraints of movement, especially temporal costs. [11]
Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is a form of modal dispersion where two different polarizations of light in a waveguide, which normally travel at the same speed, travel at different speeds due to random imperfections and asymmetries, causing random spreading of optical pulses. Unless it is compensated, which is difficult, this ultimately ...
These new developments allowed geographers for the first time to assess complex models on a full-scale model and over space and time and the relationship between spatial entities. [31] To some extent, the development of geomatics helped obscure the binary between physical and human geography , as the complexities of the human and natural ...
A spatiotemporal database is a database that manages both space and time information. Common examples include: Tracking of moving objects, which typically can occupy only a single position at a given time. A database of wireless communication networks, which may exist only for a short timespan within a geographic region.
Spatial turn is an Intellectual Movement that places emphasis on place and space in social science and the humanities. [1] It is closely linked with quantitative studies of history, literature, cartography, geography, and other studies of society.