GGRA03H3 Chapter : Landscape.doc
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Key concepts in the study of urban environments and urban geography: Examines how pristine nature (trees, wildlife, water, soil, grasslands, etc. ) is produced through social decisions and practices. Nature is constantly re-produced through the evolution of social decisions and practices. The relationship between social decisions and practices and changing natural landscapes makes it impossible to separate society" from. Socio-nature: intertwining of social and natural processes in the transformation of nature. Cyborg urbanization: mechanical insertions into natural urban spaces. The production of nature is highly apparent in cities due to population concentration, industrial activity and infrastructure (under and above the ground). The urban natural landscape is always changing due to political decisions, economic interests, and public needs and uses: social production of nature. Every day on st patrick"s day: engineers pour green food colouring into the river, Toronto waterfront: landfill used to create new land. Three gorges dam: (start of construction: 1994)