GPHY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Vertical Integration, Climatology, Endorheic Basin

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GPHY 102
• Professor: Paul M Treitz

Document Summary

Chapter 1: intro to physical geography and earth system science. Introducing geography: geography bridges the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, how it approaches problems than by the substance of the problems it examines (locational choices and locational relationships underlying human behaviour at local to global scales) Systematic and regional perspectives: holistic: recognition that it is important to understand the system as a whole, not just one part. Two approaches in geography: regional geography, examines the characteristics of particular places on the earth, examines everything in one area. Physical geography: geographic subfields intersect in many environments, to understand global and environmental change, geographers must be aware of complex interactions, extreme events can also have long lasting effects on human and natural systems. Focus on changing patterns and processes taking place at the earth"s surface: process refers to behaviour (mechanisms by which change occurs, function and mechanisms, patterns refers to expression (what you see at any given time, composition and structure.