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Tobler's second law of geography, a Common card
The second law of geography, according to Waldo Tobler, is "the phenomenon external to a geographic area of interest affects what goes on inside." This is an extension of his first.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,200
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Tobler's second law of geography quiz: 3 questions
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Much of this criticism was centered on the ______ of if laws were meaningful in geography or any of the social sciences.
Answer
question. Much of this criticism was centered on the question of if laws were meaningful in geography or any of the social sciences. From the Tobler's second law of geography article on Wikipedia.
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Answer
Gochang County. Gochang County 58 · Tobler's second law of geography 55 · Chaman District 52 · Gendt 49 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He first published it in 1999 in reply to a paper titled "Linear pycnophylactic reallocation comment on a paper by D. Martin" and then again in response to criticism of his first law of geography titled "On the First Law of Geography: A Reply".
- Much of this criticism was centered on the question of if laws were meaningful in geography or any of the social sciences.
- In this document, Tobler proposed his second law while recognizing others have proposed other concepts to fill the role of 2nd law.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Tobler's second law of geography article was read about 4,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Tobler's second law of geography (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
