Human Geography

Jerome D. Fellmann
Arthur Getis
Judith Getis
Jon C. Malinowski
 Human
Geography
Chapter1

Introduction

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 What is Geography?
Description of the Earth
Spatial Science
Study of Spatial Variation
 Evolution of the Discipline
Ancient Period
Eratosthenes
Strabo
Herodotus
Ptolemy
Non-Western Contributions
Modern Period
 Focus of Geography
Areal variation on the earths surface
Spatial Systems
Regional Geography
 Human Geography
Subfields:
Behavioral
Political
Economic
Cultural
Social
Urban
Medical
Population
 Core Geographic Concepts
Location, Direction, and Distance
Size and Scale
Physical and Cultural Attributes
The Changing Attributes of Place
Interrelations between Places
Core Geographic Concepts 2
The Structured Content of Place
Density
Dispersion
Pattern
Place Similarity and Regions
The Characteristics of Regions
Types of Regions
 Location
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Site vs. Situation
 Direction
Absolute Direction
Relative Direction
 Distance
Absolute Distance
Relative Distance
Size and Scale
 Physical & Cultural Attributes
Natural Landscape
Cultural Landscape

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 Places
Changing Attributes of Place
Interrelations Between Places
The Structured Content of Place:
Density
Dispersion
Pattern
 Place Similarity & Regions
Regional Concept
Types of Regions:
Formal
Functional
Perceptual
 Maps
Map Scale
The Globe Grid
How Maps Show
Data
Geographic
Information Systems
(GIS)
Mental Maps

Source: NASA (LANDSAT Image of Malaspina Glacier, Alaska)

Systems, Maps, and Models
Spatial System
Model