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Contribution towards understanding the categorisation of landforms.
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Categorisation in the geographic domain, including landform categorisation, is more
subject to influence by cultural, linguistic, environmental and individual factors, than
other domains. The study presented in this dissertation investigates the influence of
landscape variation on the landform categories used by non-experts.
Video-elicitation methods were used in interviews with inhabitants of two distinct
landscape types, in Portugal. One study site was mountainous and topographically
varied, while the other consisted of more homogenous, gently undulating terrain.
Interview responses indicated that participants used more landform terms in
descriptions of familiar landscapes. Specific place recognition was another stimulant
for an increase in landform categorisation detail. Additionally, the participant group
from the more homogeneous landscape had a smaller landform vocabulary, and
primarily used variations on a core set of landform terms to describe topographic
eminences. The other group had a much larger and more varied vocabulary.(...)
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Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.
Palavras-chave
Cognitive geography Ethnophysiography Geographic information systems (GIS) Landform categorisation Landform terms Landscapes