GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Geography, Collineation, Human Imprint
16 Jan 2019
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In order to communicate effectively about human geography, like any discipline, you need to speak the language: geographic literacy. Key concepts or tools in human geography. Region: a part of the world that is different/distinct from the rest; a part of the earth"s surface that displays internal homogeneity and is relatively distinct (different or heterogeneous) from surrounding areas according to some criteria/criterion. Concepts: regions: criteria may be: human geographic or physical geographic or a combination of both. Internal homogeneity (uniformity) vs. external heterogeneity (difference) i. e. areas with uniform temperatures, etc. Internal homogeneity (uniformity) vs. external heterogeneity (difference) i. e. areas with uniform temperatures, etc. i. e. areas with uniform cultural practices and beliefs, etc. *people in different areas use different types of vocabulary. This shows the geographic regions and how the concentrations vary* Regionalization: the process where we simplify our complex world and its human and physical geographic patterns and processes into regions.
