GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Environment, Eiffel Tower, Absolute Time And Space
21 Apr 2016
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Geography: the study of patterns and processes on the earth"s surface: derived from greek. Two main branches: physical geography study patterns of the physical world. Physical environment: human geography the study of patterns and processes of the human world. Human geography: the study of the patterns and processes of the human world. Looks spatial patterns, their cultures, their economies, political and social structures. Looks at the processes that produce these spatial patterns. Looks at the importance or significance of these patterns. Concept: location location refers to a particular position in space: absolute (mathematical) location, latitude and longitude co-ordinates using arbitrary mathematical grid 80o north. Eiffel tower in paris: sense of place is connected to the uniqueness of places. Sacred places places that have particularly strong meaning (often religious) to groups and individuals: e. g. burials, churches, mosques etc. Placeless some places evoke little or no meaning, whatsoever: e. g. Walmart"s, they are all basically the same: e. g.
