GEOG 216 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Washington Consensus, Global Financial System, Overconsumption
8 Oct 2015
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Analyzing geography as whole (what it involves and what surrounds it) Geography is the study of space, of how the earth"s surface is used, of how societies produce places, how human activities are stretched among different locations. The discipline of geography examines why things are located where they are. Geographers: they are interested in explaining the processes that give rise to spatial distributions, not simply mapping those patterns, they ask questions such as the following. To view the world geographically would mean: to see space as socially produced, a product of social relations, a set of patterns and distributions that change over time. Societies: societies are formed by the movements of people through space and time in everyday life. In local communities, neighborhoods, and cities the next larger scale these movements form regular patterns that reflect a society"s: Itself: as an intertwined complex of markets and countries involves:
