JEG100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Circle Of A Sphere, Mercator Projection, Geosphere
27 Sep 2016
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Climate change makes the study of earth"s system"s more important. Role of humans has increasingly significant focus in physical geography. Geography: studies relationships among natural systems, geographic areas, society, cultural activities, and the interdependence of these factors over space. Spatial: nature and character of physical space, its measurement, and distribution of things in it. Spatial consideration of earth processes interacting with human actions. Location: identifies specific address, absolute or relative position on earth. Place: describes human and physical characteristics of location. Human-earth relationships: use of earth resources such as water, sustainability. Physical and human geography are related, shifting closer together. Natural resource planning, environmental planning, geographic information science. Physical geography emphasizes human effect on natural systems. Air pollution, human vulnerability to climate change, human impact on health and invasive species, effect of dams on river systems. Spatial analysis: unifies science of geography; synthesizes topics from many fields, integrates information to form whole-earth concept.
