Carl Sauer

Eratosthenes

George Perkins Marsh

James Gall

Arno Peters

The idea that human behavior is controlled by physical environment.

The idea that physical environments are controlled by human behavior.

The idea that human behavior and physical environments work together in a symbiotic relationship.

The idea that human behavior is controlled by socioemotional environment.

The idea that human behavior is controlled by environmental restrictions placed by various governing bodies.

Primogeniture

Gentrification

Feudalism

Monasticism

Horticulture

The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin.

As time increases, the distance betweens towns also increases.

The amount of time needed for a cultural ideal to spread through a town.

The amount of distance needed for a cultural ideal to spread through a town.

The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with decreasing time and distance from its point of origin.

cultural traits and societal traditions are primarily informed by environmental differences

cultural traits and societal traditions have a noticeable impact upon the condition of local environments

eventually a sort of cultural homogeneity will exist throughout the vast majority of the world

in the twentieth century American culture achieved a status of near uniform adoption throughout the vast majority of the world

European and America culture is causing a decay of local cultures throughout the world; to the overall detriment of humanity