GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Geography, Human Imprint, Swine Influenza
14 Mar 2017
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Landscapes: regions, diffusion, perception & mental maps. Readings: read introduction, skim chapter 1, chapter 2: skim pp. 40-50, read 50-64. In order to communicate effectively about human geography, like any discipline, you need to speak the language: geographic literacy. Location: places, distance, measures of spatial distribution and spatial relationships. Key concepts or tools in human geography. Internal homogeneity (uniformity) vs. external heterogeneity (difference) i. e. areas with uniform temperature. Internal homogeneity (uniformity) vs. external heterogeneity (difference) i. e. areas with uniform temperature i. e. areas w/ uniform cultural practices and beliefs, etc. Regionalization: the process where we simplify our complex world and its human and physical geographic patterns and processes into regions. Lo(cid:272)ations on the earth"s surfa(cid:272)e are assigned/(cid:272)lassified into various regions (cid:271)ased on criteria/criterion. Regions are often defined/identified by their landscapes : the visible features of the land/area. Cultural landscape: the outcome of interactions between people and their environments; the visible human imprint on the land.
