GPHY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jasper National Park, Mac Cory, Systems Theory
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Gphy102 lecture 2: scales, spheres, systems and cycles. Introducing geography: as a discipline, it bridges the natural and social sciences, distinguished more by how it approaches problems rather than by the substance of the problems it examines. Regional geography: examines characteristics of particular places on earth, examines everything in one area. Looks for principles that allow us to explain and predict patterns and processes we observe on earth, examines one thing everywhere. Systematic: glacial ice flowing from mountain basin icefield. At its broadest level, divided into human and physical realms. Human geography: study of human activities (social, economic, behavioural patterns, and processes responsible for them) Physical geography: study of the physical or "natural" environment. Advantages and disadvantages of differentiation in geography: enforces division between people and the environment, promotes idea that humans are separate from the planet. Physical geographers examine natural processes, including environmental responses to human activities.
