1. Chapter One
Human Geography
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2. 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
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3. 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
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. 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.
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10. And. AAA maps, if you’re a member of it.
Trip maps
Internet maps (
City bus maps
NYC subway maps
BART maps
…...
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11. 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
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12. 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
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13. 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
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14. 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
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15. 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
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16. 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)
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