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MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

WESTERN EXTREMITY OF EURASIA Peninsular Europe in 2 senses

Moderate climate Gulf stream, marine west coast Moisture laden westerlies Continental east Mediterranean climate

Hot dry summer Cool wet winter

MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

WORLD INFLUENCE Rome to Britannia, Imperialism Manufacturing dominance Cradle of industrial revolution

Numerous NATION-STATES Fragmented and differentiated Linguistic pluralism

AGING URBANIZED POPULATION PARADOX of INTEGRATION and DEVOLUTION

REGIONS

Western Europe Eastern Europe British Isles

UK+ Northern Europe

Scandinavia =NSD +

Mediterranean Europe

PHYSICAL LANDSCAPES

• Western Uplands

• North European Lowland

• Central Uplands

• Alpine System

RELATIVE LOCATION Central to the land hemisphere Maximum efficiency for contact with

the rest of the world Close to the sea. Navigable waterways Airline connectivity Moderate distances

Europe’s Situation

VON THUNEN’S ISOLATED STATE

A classic model in geography Fashioned in 1826 to explain the economic

patterns developing in Europe Based on concentric land use rings

surrounding a market town Land use was a function of land rent, itself

determined by transportation costs. The Isolated State became the foundation

for modern location theory.

VON THUNEN’S ISOLATED STATE

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION‘industrial intensification’

Developed 1st in the UK between 1750-1850 Evolved from technical innovations that

occurred in British industry Proved to be a major catalyst for increased

urbanization Diffuses from Britain outward into

Western Europe