GEOG 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Public Property, Political Geography, Cannabis Shop
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The study of how politics is informed by geography - john agnew and luca. Ussr largest exporter of natural gas; eu is dependent on russia for natural gas consumption. During cold war, natural gas pipeline ran through ukraine. Thus there was struggle between russia and ukraine as to who had access to the pipeline. Russia has used natural gas access as a geopolitical tool against the eu. Since ice sheets have decreased because of climate change, shipping opportunities have opened. United nations convention on the law of the sea (1982) 350 miles rights to seabed from coast along continental shelves. But also, borders, legal jurisdictions, historical and cultural patterns, tech innovations, etc. Ways of thinking about and organizing the world geographically - how we spatially conceptualize boundaries and identity, and organize relations of power - and how this shapes political and social life.
