HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

• ITS NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES

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GEOGRAPHY AS A FIELD OF STUDY

• Physical and human geography are the two branches
  of study

• Spatial perspective is the unifying bond and is
  illustrated with maps

• Spatial analysis of patterns and processes

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NOTABLE GEOGRAPHERS

• Herodotus linked history and geography

• Aristotle possible relationships between
  latitude, climate, and population density

• Eratosthenes father of geography calculated
  the circumference of Earth

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NOTABLE GEOGRAPHERS

• Hipparchus devised a grid system to map the
  curved surface of Earth

• Ptolemy created first gazetteer worlds first
  map north at the top

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NOTABLE GEOGRAPHERS

• Carl Sauer possibilism human activity is
  determined by choices that humans make rather
  than by physical environments

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KEY CONCEPTS SPACE

• Absolute Space it exists in the aerial
  relations among phenomena on Earths surface

• Relative Space is perceptual it is socially
  produced and is subject to continual change

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KEY CONCEPTS PLACE

• Refers to a location that has a particular
  identity or value

• Value may vary depending on ones perspective

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KEY CONCEPTS SCALE

• Refers to the size of the area studied

• Tutsis and Hutus in Rwanda cannot be examined
  just by looking at the country

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GEOGRAPHIC SKILLS

• Maps

• Properties

• Size

• Distance

• Shape

• Direction

• Types

• Physical

• Political

• Special Interest

• Latitude and Longitude

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GEOGRAPHIC SKILLS

• Maps

• Demonstrate that all places on Earth have their
  own distinctive properties

• Geographers disaggregate data to analyze each
  component

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GEOGRAPHIC SKILLS

• Interpretations

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GEOGRAPHIC SKILLS

• Region

• A part of Earth that displays internal
  homogeneity and is relatively distinct from
  surrounding areas

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GEOGRAPHIC SKILLS

• Regionalization

• A special kind of classification in which
  locations on Earths surface are assigned to
  various regions, which must be contiguous spatial
  units

• Simplifying device historical period

• Formal regions classifying large regions

• Functional regions spatial analysis

• Vernacular regions human landscapes

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SOURCES OF DATA

• Field research

• Census data

• GIS

• ISS/Space Shuttle photography