GEOG 100 Lecture : Geog 100
6 Nov 2011
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In its essence: the study of the world around us . Preconceived notions may give the wrong impression of geography Two major points to grasp as the course begins . Geography is defined by its viewpoint, not by its subject matter. Geography lacks a subject matter that uniquely belongs" to it. Instead, it looks at things in a distinctive way as expressed on the earth"s surface. the earth"s surface. A fundamental question is where"? biophysical environment, both the processes and the results. Broadly, two main traditions have coexisted over the years Summing up the focus of each in just a single word: environment + space. Geographers stress the biophysical environment around us climate, soils, water, etc. Space": that dimension within which things are located. Geographers work at the scale of the earth"s surface: burnaby, bc, the americas, etc. Environmental (or ecological) tradition looks at how humans interact with the. Spatial tradition looks at the location and distribution of features/phenomena across.
