Chapter One Human Geography Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

What is Geography? ge·og·ra·phy (jē-ŏg'rə-fē) n., pl. ge·og·ra·phies. (Abbr. geog.) Etymology: Latin geographia, from Greek geOgraphia, from geOgraphein to describe the earth's surface, from geO- + graphein to write -- Date: 15th century Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Definition from Dictionary The study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. - The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface - WWWebster Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Human Geography Provides ways of understanding places, regions, and spatial relationships at the products of a series of interrelated forces that stem from nature, culture, and individual human action. Urban, Religion, Population, Medical, Economic, Political, Marketing, Behavioral, Linguistic, Human Environmental, Cultural and Social Geography. (Figure 1-1) Spatial Perspective – shared by Physical and Human Geography Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

The Structured Content of Place How things are distributed? relational location to the objects? Spatial distribution - the arrangement of things on the earth’s surface - common elements:Density, Dispersion, and pattern Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Four Traditions of Geography – W.D. Pattison, 1964 Earth-Science (Physical Geog) report the processes that modify the natural world Locational- heart of All geography. Spatial focus of all geography Culture-Environment- Interaction bet/w human and environment Env. Determinism Area-Analysis- Regional science -best location for a shopping center Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Five Themes – GENIP from National Geographic Society (Geography Education National Implementation Program) Earth-Science (Physical Geog) Locational- heart of All geography Culture-Environment- Interaction bet/w human and environment Area-Analysis- Regional science Place Movement Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

What’s important is …perspectives not focus on either human or physical Geography Cookeville - fruit, dairy/workers Three key perspectives Integration in place Interdependencies between places Interdependencies among scales global/local scales NYSE,Kuwait Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Uniqueness/Influences of Places dynamic/changing environment leads to perspectives,values, attitudes, behaviors, and viewpoints toward the neighborhood, community, city, society, state and the world. Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

And. AAA maps, if you’re a member of it. Trip maps Internet maps (www.mapquest.com) City bus maps NYC subway maps BART maps …... Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

GIS/GPS and Remote Sensing GIS - Geographic Information System GPS - Global Positioning System Remote Sensing- Satellite/Radar to measure the information from the surface of the earth Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Remote Sensing - gathering info from great distance using instrument on aircraft/satellite which measure the electromagnetic energy emitted from the surface Passive RS Sys (Satellite Images) Camera(Aerial Photo) Active RS Sys(Radar) Spotlight on a dark night Short-wave (microwave) returned by water droplet Dopper Radar Color-infrared images Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Geographic Information Systems Conservation layer Points, Lines and Polygons Data Acquisition Well layer Preprocessing Data Management Road layer Data Manipulation and Analysis Product Generation Vegetation layer Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Applications of GIS Where is the Next McDonald Site Selection Marketing GIS Environmental Planning Hydrology of the surface and groundwater, Non-point sources pollutions, Watershed applications, wetland management, Air pollution modeling and Environmental health Demographic modeling of population change. Resources Management and Emergency Response System, and many others Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Regions on the Map Characteristics of regions - area, location and boundaries. Deserts, Mountains, Little Havana Urban areas - spatial systems Formal Region Functional Region Perceptual Region Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1

Maps in the Mind Mental Maps - your image of the locations Environmental Perception Mental Maps - also called cognitive maps, impression generates our mental map. (Figure 1-9) Aug-01 HG, Chapter 1