GEOG101 Chapter 1: GEOG 101 – Chapter 1

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG101
• Professor: Elijah Bisung

Document Summary

Geography: the study of the patter(cid:374)s of phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)a o(cid:374) the earth"s surfa(cid:272)e, the pro(cid:272)esses that (cid:272)reate those patterns, and the interaction between humans and the environment. Phenomenon: any type of object, animate or inanimate, that can be sensed: also refers to something that can be perceived or mentally constructed, such as an attitude or a quality, even though it cannot be immediately sensed. Includes all sorts of attributes that can be considered geographically. Attitude that exists in the mind: patterns and process. Major concepts in geography can be distinguished by pattern and process. i. e. map of a city = spatial pattern. Pattern: the arrangement of various geographic phenomena at a given point in time. Maps are a wonderful way to demonstrate the importance of pattern. Process: the action that brings about a particular pattern: the evolution and development of something over time, processes are not deterministic; more probabilistic. Involve several different factors: also can be multiscalar.