GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nationstates, Social Inequality, Walmart
18 Dec 2017
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Geography: the study of patterns and processes on the earth"s surface. Study of patterns & processes of physical world. Physical environment (landforms, climate, hydrology, geology, ecology, etc. ) I. e mountains rocks, rivers, glaciers, soils, weather & weather & climate, earthquakes & volcanoes, etc. Study of patterns & processes of the human world. Social environment (economy, culture, politics, behaviour, etc. ) I. e population, cities, economic activities, human behaviour, health, transportation, settlement, etc. E. g. distribution of population, where can we find services, where. What is human geography? can we find factories. Human geography: the study of human patterns and processes, e. g. the spatial patterns of people, their cultures, economies, settlements, political and social structures, and behaviour. Where people live, how their lives differ from one place to the next, etc. The processes that produce these spatial patterns. The importance, or significance, of these patterns. Geography: what is where, why there, & why care? (charles gritzner)
