3. Human and physical influences on global interactions

Geographic inquiry: How political, technological and physical processes influence global interactions

• Political factors that affect global interactions:
  
  • multi-governmental organizations (MGOs) and free trade zones
  • economic migration controls and rules
• Our “shrinking world” and the forces driving technological innovation:
  • changing global data flow patterns and trends
  • transport developments over time
  • patterns and trends in communication infrastructure and use
• The influence of the physical environment on global interactions:
  • natural resource availability
  • the potentially limiting effect of geographic isolation, at varying scales

• Synthesis, evaluation and skills opportunities: How processes that influence spatial interactions are interlinked in complex ways that accelerate globalization