Geography 1400F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Effective Demand, Distance Decay, Cultural Landscape
5 Dec 2012
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From greek words geo ( earth ) and graphei ( to write ) Evidently geography means description of the earth. 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, how observable spatial patterns evolved through time. Basic concerns of geography: spatial patterns description (what?, spatial processes explanation (why?, spatial meaning interpretation (so what?) Human geography studies the distribution of humans and their activities on the surface of the earth and the processes that generate these distributions. What is where, why there, and why care . Information processors we take in information and process it. Decision makers we make decisions on key issues. Preference makers we have preferences on certain things. In general people are active agents shaping the environment . Physical site materials located in space (i. e. material space )
