Uniqueness and Interdependence of Place

Factors Affecting the Uniqueness of a Place

Factors	Description
1. Location	It is defined as a particular place or position. It consists of site and situation
2. Land Topography	It is shape and feature of land surfaces. A place can be located at hill or mountains or terai.
3. Physical Geography	It include landforms, soil and climate. For eg: Australia is located on island and Mumbai is located on Coastal area.
4. Land use	It is defined as the management and modification of natural environment into built envirionment. For eg: Kathmandu's land is used for settlement and Dhanusa's land is used for agriculture
5. Built Environment	It refers to the human made environment.
6. Infrastructure	It includes road and rail networks, waterways, airports.
7. Demographic	It includes age structure, ethnicity

Factors Affecting Interdependence of a place

Factors	Description
1. People	Migrant workers come from outside
2. Capital	Investment from a business based outside the area.
3. Resources	Raw materials of one place is transported to another place.
4. Ideas	Urban planners, architects, business and artists bring ideas to shape and change a place.
5. Diffusion	The process by which a characteristics spreads across space.
6. Distance Decay	The farther away one group is from another the less likely the two groups are to interact.