How do you decide where to go in a zombie apocalypse? - David Hunter

地理學幫你在活屍末日逃命 - 大衛杭特 (David Hunter)

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Jessica Ruby

譯者: Jephian Lin 審譯者: Allen Li

Worst case scenario:

最糟的情況：

zombie apocalypse.

活屍末日來臨了

How will you survive?

你要怎麼活下去？

You might be surprised to find out

你可能會驚訝的發現

how much geography skills can help you fend off doom.

地理學技巧，對趨吉避凶多麼有用

By geography, I mean analyzing the world around you.

我所說的地理學 是要你分析周圍的環境

One geographic concept that could really help you out

在活屍末日，有個幫得上忙的

in a zombie apocalypse is movement.

地理概念叫做「移動」

So, first, what moves?

首先，什麼會移動？

People move,

人類會移動、

animals move,

動物會移動、

and, while sometimes slowly,

或許有點慢…

zombies move as well.

但活屍也會移動

But that's not all.

不只如此

Goods move, too.

貨物也會移動

Goods can be resources,

貨物可以是資源：

such as food supplies

如食物供應、

and weapons.

以及武器

People or zombies tend to move these.

人類和活屍常會移動資源

So, if you see a big pile of zombie supplies

如果你看到一大堆活屍用品

where there wasn't one before,

而先前不在那裡

you're probably on the trail.

活屍可能就在附近

Ideas also move.

想法也會移動

Ideas can include entertainment,

想法包含娛樂、

zombie movies,

活屍電影、

news and information

關於活屍攻擊的

about zombie attacks,

新聞和資訊、

and architecture,

還有建築技術

or how to build a safe shelter.

就是如何建造安全的庇護所

And, second, why do people or zombies move?

其次，為什麼人類或活屍會移動？

When people, animals, or zombies move,

人類、動物、或活屍的移動

it's called migration.

被稱為「遷徙」

Two concepts that affect migration

影響遷徙的兩個概念

are push and pull factors.

叫作「推力」與「拉力」

Push factors will make you want to leave somewhere.

推力讓你想離開某地

Pull factors make you want to go to a place.

而拉力讓你想前往某地

A lack of resources,

資源缺乏、

unstable economy,

經濟不穩定、

or high crime rate

高犯罪率

might be push factors making people want to move.

都可能是讓人想離開的推力

Nice weather,

氣候宜人、

a good economy,

經濟穩定、

or lots of resources

資源充足

would be pull factors for lots of people,

對許多人來說，可能就是

enticing them to move.

吸引他們移動的拉力

While zombies are definitely a push factor for humans,

活屍對人類來說當然是推力

a city full of people would be a pull factor for

但住滿人類的城市

hungry zombies who want to eat humans.

對想吃人的飢餓活屍，肯定是拉力

There are some things that make movement

有些東西可讓

easier for people or zombies.

人類或活屍的移動變簡單

Waterways and highways can make traveling faster.

水路和公路會加快旅行的速度

Moving across clear, open space

通過寬廣開闊的區域

is easier than a tough terrain.

比通過崎嶇地形容易

And just as land forms can create boundaries

如同地形會造成

that affect movement,

影響遷徙的邊界

so can political boundaries,

政治的邊界也一樣

like a border gate, for example.

如邊界檢查站就是

So, how can you analyze these movement factors

那要怎麼分析這些移動因素

to help your chance of survival?

來幫你增加存活率呢？

There are three basic steps.

有三個基本的步驟：

One - identify the points or locations to analyze.

一、確認要分析的地點或地區

What are your options?

有哪些可能的地方？

Two - find what connects them.

二、找出地點間的連結

Are there highways, waterways, or open land?

有公路，水路，或開闊地嗎？

And three - find the patterns of movement

三、找尋這些連結之間

that happen over that connection.

平常的移動模式

Do people or goods move across it?

人和貨物有在移動嗎？

By comparing relationships between different places,

比較不同地點之間的關係

you can see what connections they have.

就可以看出是如何連結

For example, pick two cities.

比如說有兩個城市

Look at the highway connecting them.

中間有公路相連

If people use that highway to commute to work,

如果人們用這條公路上下班

those cities have a strong relationship.

那這兩個城市間的關係就很強

But this other city over here

但是這裡的另一個城市

doesn't have a direct connection to the other cities.

和其他城市沒有直接的連結

There's even a river in the way.

中間甚至還有河水隔開

It doesn't have as strong of a relationship.

關係就沒有那麼密切

If a zombie outbreak started here,

如果活屍在這裡爆發

which city would you rather start out in?

你會趕緊逃離哪個城市？

Where would you flee to?

你要逃去哪裡？

So, how do you decide where to go in a zombie apocalypse?

活屍末日時 你要怎麼決定該去哪裡？

Do you just run in a random direction?

你會到處亂逃嗎？

Or do you use your geographic skills

還是你會用地理學的技巧

to lead your camp of survivors to safety?

帶領你的生還者伙伴逃生呢？

If you want to stay alive,

如果你想要活下去

it helps to understand how and why we move.

就要了解我們如何及為何移動