What is the relationship between literature and place?

Natural

A process in nature in which organisms possessing certain inherited traits are better able to survive and reproduce compared to others of their species.

Frontier

An area where borders are shifting and weak and where peoples of different cultures or nationalities meet and lay claim to the land.

Urban

An increase in the percentage of the number of people living in urban settlements

Rural

Countryside

Range

The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

Enviroment

all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things

Wilderness

an area in which the land and the ecosystems it supports are protected from all exploitation

Region

an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features

Resources

anything that is used to produce goods or services

Landscape

the overall appearance of an area. Most landscapes are comprised of a combination on natural and human-induced influences.