GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Human Geography, Social Inequality, Nationstates
1 Oct 2016
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Regional geography (world, us, brazil, ireland, europe) Research methods, field camps (toronto, san francisco) Two branches of geography: physical geography. Study of patterns & processes of the physical world. Physical environment (landforms, climate, hydrology, geology, ecology, etc. : i. e. mountains, rocks, rivers, glaciers, soils, weather & climate, human geography earthquakes & volcanoes, etc. Study of patterns & processes of the human world. Social environment (economy, culture, politics, behaviour, etc. : i. e. population, cities, economic activities, human behaviour, health, transportation, settlement, etc. Geography: the study of patterns and processes on the earth"s surface. Description of the spatial organization (patterns) of people, places, and human phenomena: e. g. cities, factories, neighborhoods, nation-states, etc. Explanation of the processes that produce these patterns: e. g. globalization, capitalism, spatial agglomeration, etc. Interpretation of what these patterns mean (i. e. the significance or meaning of these patterns: e. g. social inequality, economic development, peace or conflict, etc. A sample of topics that human geographers study, and that this course will touch upon:
