1. Introduction to Human Geography
Thinking Geographically
Mumbai, India

2. Case Study: Big Mac Attack p.4 in Textbook
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3. Key Question What is Human Geography?
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4. Defining Geography Word coined by Eratosthenes Geo = Earth
Graphia = writing
Geography thus means “earth writing”

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Human Geography
Human Geography focuses on:
How people make places
How we organize space and society
How we interact with each other
How we make sense of ourselves and others
Thinking about space
Thinking about place
Thinking about region
Thinking about scale
Thinking about connections
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Human Geography
Advances in communication and transportation technologies are making places and people more interconnected.
Economic globalization and the rapid diffusion of elements of popular culture, such as fashion and architecture, are making many people and places look more alike.
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Human Geography
Globalization: a set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships, and accelerating interdependence across national borders.
Levi’s in Lucca, Italy
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Human Geography
Geographers employ the concept of scale to understand individual, local, regional, national, and global interrelationships.
What happens at the global scale affects the local, but it also affects the individual, regional, and national. Similarly, the processes at these scales influence the global.
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10. An in-depth Social Science
Many people have misconceptions about geography and think of the discipline as simply an exercise in memorizing place names.

11. Where we find Geography?
Geography exist in the global issues receiving attention at this time things such as
Population growth
Terrorism
Cultural diffusion.
Diffusion is defined as the spread of linguistic or cultural practices or innovations within a community or from one community to another.

12. Location, Location, Location
Geography's importance can also be established by looking at community issues, such as:
Water supply
Pollution
Growth management
Housing
Retail
Openings
Closures