GEOG 1 Lecture 3: Geog 1 - Lecture 1
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It is the study of spatial variation of how and why things differ from place to place on the surface of the earth, further to the study of how observable spatial patterns evolved through time. Subdivisions of geography: regional geography - study of human-environmental systems and spatial systems that link the human-environmental relationship in specific locational settings, systematic geography - identification of things based on class instead of segments of the. Absolute location - identification of a place by a precise and accepted system of coordinates. Relative location - the position of a place or thing in relation to other places or things. It expresses spatial interconnections and interrelationships and usually has spatial or economical implications. Site - an absolute location concept, refers to the physical and cultural characteristics and attributes of the place itself. It is more than just a mathematical location as it gives us specific features of a place.
