Geography A-Level
Human communities and vulnerability
What Human communities and vulnerability means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Human communities and vulnerability
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Collecting, studying and representing geographical data about human communities carries ethical and socio-political implications, such as when interviewing vulnerable populations about migration experiences.
Topics that use Human communities and vulnerability
- Qualitative skills and quantitative skills (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Construction of place
- Data coding
- Data overlay and analysis
- Data representation and bias
- Digital cartography
- Ethics and positionality
- Fieldwork methodology
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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