GEOG 210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Embryo Transfer, Tripolar, Geosynchronous Orbit
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Why geography matters: the role of landscape: la(cid:374)ds(cid:272)apes a(cid:374)d pla(cid:272)es are setti(cid:374)gs for so(cid:272)ial i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374): Provide both opportunities and constraints for people(cid:859)s lo(cid:374)g-term social well being. Establish a context in which everyday knowledge, and experience are gathered. Provide a setting for processes of socialization. Provide an arena for contesting social norms. Places/regions/landscapes play particular roles in changing complex networks of interaction/ change. The interdependence of geographical scale (be careful with reductionism) Interact to produce, modify, and reshape landscapes. Process and pattern then cope with change, by changing themselves. Arizona, usa: mesquite and cattle ranching; degradation vs. conservation when farmer burns trees down) Peru: fruit trees, swidden fallow agriculture, bat & bird seed dispersal. Not sure which direction the change is going in, desert to farmland or farmland to desert. Oil palm in sierra leone: cut down all but one tree in a patch, doesn(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:373)pete, gro(cid:449)s high.
