University:
University of Toronto
Course:
GGR111 | Human Geography
Academic year:

2023
Views:

208

Pages:

20
Author:

Edgar Rowe

What is Geography? Class topics 1. What is geography? 2. Human geography, Physical geography, and GIS 3. Regional Geography and Systematic Geography What is geography? 1. Study of space and place of earth’s surface 2. Study of location and distribution 3. Study of spatial interaction Human geography and Physical geography Geography is divided into physical geography and human geography and contains many sub disciplines. Physical: biogeography, climatology, geomorphology, hydrogeogrpahy, microclimatology, soils geography, zoogeography Human/ cultural geography: behavioral, economic, historical, marketing, medical, political, population Regional geography and Systematic Geography 1. Regional geography View the world in all-encompassing way Overall image of the world and or region Descriptive and idiosyncratic (individual, uniqueness) 2. Systematic geography World scale generalization Related to other disciplines Generalized and nomothetic Human Geography