GG101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ice Shelf, Spatial Analysis, Negative Feedback
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Physical geographers analyze systems to study the environment. They must consider location, key them of geographic inquiry, latitude, longitude, and time coordinates that inscribe earths surface and the new technologies in use to measure them. Geography is the science that studies the relationship among natural systems, geographic areas, society, cultural activities, and the interdependence of all these over space. Spatial is the nature and character of physical space, its measurement, and the distribution of things within it. The standards of geographic science are simplified by using five important spatial themes: location, region, human earth relationship, movement, and space. The specific planetary address of a location: absolute and relative location on earth. Region: areas having uniform characteristics; how they form and change and their relation to other regions. Human earth relationships: human environment connections include resource exploitation, hazard perception, and environmental pollution and modification. Movement: communication, circulation, migration, and diffusion across earths surface represent movement in our interdependent world.
