GEOG 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hydrosphere, Integrated Geography, Lithosphere
31 May 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Geography: study of the earth"s landscapes, peoples, environments dynamic, not static, evolves through time and space cause and effect, great laws of nature and to mark their influences upon man -william hughes. At a disciplinary level, it is the study of earth"s physical (natural science) & human (social sciences) environments; how they interact. Early geographies were descriptions of lesser known part of the world. Humans and their relation to environment was connected to expanding global trade and imperialism (resources) Geographic knowledge meant power: food supply, economic prosperity, military advantage, religious expansion. Climate change: rising sea levels, global warming, glaciers melting, hurricanes affect population (natural disasters), farming habits (food supply) Geographers study spatial and temporal dynamics and distribution of human and physical phenomena, processes and features as well as their interaction. Human and physical geography is now more specialized in universities. Physical geography links with many natural sciences and human geography roles of physical geography:
