GEOG 2RU3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Geography, New Zealand Am Class Electric Multiple Unit, Academic Dishonesty
26 Feb 2019
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Course outline and details: course description, contact information & instruction time. Instruction & reading (incl. class schedule: grading & evaluation, housekeeping issues. Introductory human geography: human geography (urban) field camp. Independent study: regional geography (world, us, brazil, etc. , urban planning. Geography: the study of patterns and processes on the earth"s surface. Two branches" of geography: physical geography the study of the physical environment, i. e. patterns and processes of the physical earth. E. g. mountains, rocks, rivers, weather & climate, vegetation etc: human geography the study of the human environment, i. e. patterns and processes of human activity. E. g. population, cities & settlement, economic activity, culture, etc. Areas of the earth"s surface which are relatively homogenous (uniform), with respect to particular characteristics, are referred to as regions. While each region displays a certain degree of uniformity, each region is distinct from its neighbours. The prairies" are distinct from the rockies", "the north" and central canada".
