More Key Concepts

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2007 Geography National Curriculum

In the 2007 Geography National Curriculum, seven key geographical concepts were named. This list leans towards the more abstract of geography’s key concepts (Brooks, 2018).

Place

How every place has unique physical and human characteristics which can be interpreted and represented in different ways.

Space

How the locations of human and physical features are influenced by each other and often interact across space.

Scale

An influence on the way we think about what we see or experience.
Any geographical enquiry benefits from being viewed from a range of scales to develop an understanding of how these scales are interconnected.

Interdependence

How human action in one place has consequences somewhere else.

Physical and human processes

How processes cause change and can be used to explain patterns and distributions.

Environmental interaction and sustainable development

Appreciating the possible tensions between economic prosperity, social fairness, and environmental quality.
The interaction of these factors provides the basis for understanding sustainable development.