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Three words often used in geography are space, location and place. Their
attributes comprise not only the more easily visible features due either to
natural processes or human construction, but also non visible valuation due
to social signification.
In general, space refers to the extent or area and the varying attributes of
that space, usually expressed in terms of the earth’s surface. Location, like
Place, also means a particular position on the earth’s surface. But in contrast
All three concepts are interlinked and remain just that, concepts, unless they
process of finding resources and using such to fuel change then all three
extent to which space is available for such source to be exploited and the
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Planning and Development
satisfy the demands that are displayed and expressed in the change system
by the government or some regional authority which has outlined the social
and improve the welfare of people “in areas where there is a concern about
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(on the basis of realistic expectations and reliable data) to forecast the likely
region, and the ultimate effect on the choice of place on where persons
dimension. These usually take the form of investment priorities. They tend to
the government.
planning and development and will establish particular goals for the region
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as a whole. In this case planning and development would involve a number
of considerations which are more convenient to the space. For example, the
regional government may decide to assist those parts of the region with the
efficiency objective.
impediment to development.
The basic idea is that spatial development or the pattern of town growth is a
mostly skilled workers and artisans. In addition, the number of schools in the
area grew significantly and clinics and hospitals were built to facilitate the
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than proactive. In the case of Linstead, Bauxite was the resource, it provided
growth. The aim is essentially to be premeditating growth and plan for the
development for the administrative region’s cities and towns, rural districts
and culture.
locational variation of a series of variables that affect place and the reasons
control the patterns of distributions and how these patterns can be modified
rural demands.
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The key concepts of Locational analysis are based on spatial organization as
port, a market town, or a city shopping centre2. It is the idea that people
require space for their activities and therefore have a location. It addresses
What makes the people of one area have different needs than those in a
St. Elizabeth has one of the highest proportions of farmland in Jamaica. This
with that place. Territorial relations with place are a special form of place
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Human Geography as Locational analysis. Online Britannica Encyclopeadie. 2010
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such, create boundaries around their places and may be prepared to defend
them.
particular places. If places are in existence before one interacts with them, it
is because other people have made them, through their past processes of
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Humans have a special role in defining place. Bonds between individuals (or
social groups) and places constitute part of the personal identity of those
individuals (or the identity of the social group). Thus people can be seen to
be dependent upon the concept of place for their self-identity (and social-
identity) just as places are dependent upon people for their identity. This
(Memmott, 1979).
Conclusion
The regional development plans must tie with the idea that regional planning
manages spatial planning in detail in each municipality. In the future the
state and the municipality will be responsible for ensuring optimum quality in
land-use planning. The regional spatial development plans will not be able to
manage in detail and will not have the role of deciding where various
functions will be located if the regional councils, the councillors and
employees do not abandon the old way of thinking, the regional spatial
development plans will fail and remain sparse documents.
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