GEG 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Determinism
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One of the oldest aspects of geography. Incorporates the physical environment, population and characteristics of the state. 1300s - 1800s: states were formed and fragmented because of population, composition of population, agriculture, resources, land area and the role of cities. Taking up ideas by darwin about the natural world and translating those ideas into politics. Grows and contracts due to external factors like resources and population size. This has nothing to do with power or economics, just how population effects the nation. Fredrich ratzel: the state is a biological organism and the growth of states is not a function of power but is natural. Focus on the study of power and place/space. Consequentially, research can range from micro scale of offices through to regions. How power manifests itself in and through the use of space. How and why different groups negotiate their control over certain spaces and places.
