Geography 1400F/G Lecture : Introduction to Human Geography
10 Jan 2012
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From greek words geo ( earth ) and graphei ( to write ) Hence geography is often referred to as the spatial science. Study of spatial variation (of how and why?) physical and cultural items differ across the earth and how observable spatial patterns evolved through time. Spatial variation is what makes geography different from other disciplines. Key geographic principle is that things everywhere are not the same and this means that location is important. Spatial processes explanation (why is it there?) Spatial meaning interpretation (so what, what does it mean?) Human geography studies the distribution of humans and their activities on the surface of the earth and the processes that generate these distributions. Some examples are agriculture and farmers, industries, population, etc. We divide human from physical because the topics are so broad and large on their own. Gritzner (2002) defined human geography as what is where, why there, and why care .
