GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Human Geography, Nationstates, Social Environment
18 Jun 2020
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Geography: the study of patterns and processes on the earth"s surface. Two branches of geography: physical geography, the study and processes of the physical word, physical environment (landforms, climate, hydrology, geology and ecology etc. ) Ie. mountains, rocks rivers, glaciers, soil, weather, climate, volcanoes, earthquakes: human geography, study of patterns and processes of the human world, social environment (economy, culture, settlements, policy, behaviour) Human geography: the study of human patterns and processes. The spatial patterns of people, their cultures, economics, settlements, political and social structures and behaviors. Where people live, how their lives differ from one place to the next etc The processes that produce these spatial patterns. Description: of the spatial organization (patterns) of people, places and human phenomena. Explanation: of the processes that produce these patterns. Eg. globalization, of the processes that produce these patterns. Eg. the significance or meaning of these patterns. A sample of topics that human geographers study, and that this course will touch upon:
