The percentage of the urban population of a country or region living in the largest city.

The characteristics of the local environment that affect human physical and mental health and quality of life, for example, the extent of air and water pollution, noise, access to open space, traffic [..]

Location relative to other places, for example, the distance of a town from other towns. Relative location has a stronger influence on the human characteristics of places than absolute location, as de [..]

The classification of the weeks or months of the year into seasons. The standard classification is spring, summer, autumn and winter, but this is a temperate zone concept imported from Europe. In nort [..]

Digital images captured by satellites above the Earth’s surface, for example, those combined in Google Earth. They can be processed to measure specific aspects of the land surface, for example, areas [..]

Location measured by the coordinates of latitude and longitude.

Can be oblique (taken at an angle) or vertical (taken from straight above the ground); the former is easier for young students to interpret.

An anomaly (or outlier in mathematics) is a data value that appears to stand out from the other members of the data set by being unusually high or low. The most effective way of identifying anomalies [..]

People’s emotional feelings about and identification with places, which can contribute to their personal wellbeing and sense of identity.

The variety of living organisms and the ecosystems they form. Biodiversity has direct value as consumable or useful commodities, indirect value through the provision of ecosystem services, and intrins [..]