GGR329H5 Lecture Notes - Turnitin, Environmental Determinism, Sub-Saharan Africa

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24 Sep 2012
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Geography is the shape of the earth, the land etc. Globalization is like touching of borders, trade, and investment. Environmental determinism (ed): physical environment determines fate of humans. Original theory was ed that climate matters most in determining successful cultures and people. After wwii this begins to move away from this theory. > 25% in landliocked countries, far from core europenan markets. Land mass concentrated in tropics (diseases, poor soil) Sach"s diagnostic of the problems of sub-saharan africa. Rebirth of ef: problems what is essentially a constant to explain a variable phenomenon . Ruggedness has had a historical indirect positive effect on income in africa. We shape the environment more than it shapes us.

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