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anchor-point hypothesis: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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Human geography

the idea that people organize their spatial knowledge of a city around a few well-known anchor places such as home and work.

In human geography, anchor-point hypothesis refers to the idea that people organize their spatial knowledge of a city around a few well-known anchor places such as home and work. This meaning comes from Couclelis (1987) in Journal of Environmental Psychology.[1]

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References

Couclelis, H., Golledge, R. G., Gale, N., & Tobler, W. (1987). Exploring the anchor-point hypothesis of spatial cognition. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 7(2), 99-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0272-4944(87)80020-8

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