GEOG 3210 Lecture : Sept 11.docx
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The study of the earth"s surface as the space within which the human population lives: hagget (1990) The study of the earth as the home of people: tuan (1991) Geography is concerned with the accurate, orderly, and rational description and interpretation of the variable character of the earth"s surface: harstshorne (1959) Geography is not especially well known or understood by those outside the discipline. This can be explained in part by the breadth of focus. William d. pattison (1964) argued that four distinct traditions can be identified. Pattison"s traditions represent one model of the discipline. Each of these themes can be traced to greek scholars. Resets on the assumption that spatial order exists. Spatial order, hierarchy and patterns: alberta example. Grande prairie, fort mac, red deer, lethbridge, medicine hat in another class: high traffic corner. Concerned with describing and understanding the forces responsible for: spatial (areal) forms, flows of various phenomena between points (places) and areas (regions)
