GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mcg, Economic Geography, Biogeography

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG101
• Professor: Brent Doberstein

Document Summary

Writing about the earth an academic discipline that studies the pattern of phenomena on the earth"s surface, the processes at which creates those patterns as well as the interaction between humans and the environment. The differences between the geology (underground study) and physical geography (study on the surface of the earth). Political geography: terrorism and differential power, immigration, democracy, border policies. Places and regions unique properties and areas with shared attributes. Human- earth interaction humans interacting with their environments. Process- cause and effect links that produce patterns (probabilistic occurrences/likelihoods) Absolute location accepted, precise co-ordinates (latitude & longitude, townships, street addresses) Nominal location names given to a location. Attributes are the distinguishing features of the landscape. Physical (terrain, climate, resources, soil, vegetation and wildlife) Spatial interaction; the movement and interconnections between two places (accessibility) Distance; absolute distance (travel distance), travel time, cognitive distance (personal difficulty and perception of a distance).