Environmental determinism‚ also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism‚ is the view that the physical environment sets limits on human environment. Historiography [edit] Origins [edit] Environmental determinism’s origins go back to antiquity‚ where it is first encountered in a fifth-century medical treatise ascribed to Hippocrates: Airs‚ Waters‚ Places.[1] In Roman times it is‚ for example‚ found in the work of the Greek geographer Strabo who wrote that climate influences the
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hexagonal columns gave me an insight into the rich volcanic history of our Earth and posed many questions which pioneered my interest in geology. My fascination of geology expanded further when it came to choosing my A-Level subjects; Geology‚ Geography and Environmental Science. I was then introduced into a wider spectrum of Geological subjects such as seismology‚ rocks and processes and how geologists are critical for resolving the most complex matters of the planet. My interest in the subject
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT A GUIDE TO THE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE LONG ESSAY As part of the requirements for the award of the B.A (Honors) degree in this Department‚ students who major in Geography must submit during their final year of study a Long Essay in a field relevant to Geography. The Long Essay is the written report of a research project in which the student conducts original research involving the collection and analysis of empirical data
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Political Geography 20 (2001) 139–174 www.elsevier.com/locate/polgeo Culture sits in places: reflections on globalism and subaltern strategies of localization Arturo Escobar Department of Anthropology‚ University of North Carolina‚ Chapel Hill NC‚ USA Abstract The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in the concept of place in anthropology‚ geography‚ and political ecology. “Place” — or‚ more accurately‚ the defense of constructions of place — has also become an important object of
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Press Smith Neil‚ Cindi Katz Lavie‚ Smadar‚ Ted Swedenburg (Eds.). 1996. Displacement‚ Diaspora and Geographies of Identity‚ Duke University Press Leach‚ Neil Quayson‚ Ato. 2000. Postcolonialism – Theory‚ Practice or Process?‚ Cambridge: Polity Press & Blackwell Publishers Inc. Rushdie‚ S. 1991. Imaginary Homelands‚ London: Granta Books – 1983 Thrift‚ Nigel‚ Sarah Whatmore. 2004. Cultural Geography: Critical Concepts in Social Sciences‚ (in Practicing Culture‚ vol. II)‚ Routledge Young‚ Robert J
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The global healthcare BI market is mainly categorized by function‚ application‚ technology‚ end user‚ and geography. Cloud BI and mobile BI are expected to register highest growth rate among the healthcare BI market by technology during the forecast period.Their favorable growth is attributed to the increasing shift of healthcare organizations towards cloud computing models‚ increasing use of smartphones by the medical community‚ and highly flexible‚ agile‚ interoperable‚ scalable‚ and cost efficient
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Cinematic landscape Landscape as a culturally constructed reality is a mediation of technology and artistic production‚ which of course includes painting‚ photography‚ mapping‚ survey as well as filmmaking‚ which is the subject of matter in this essay. Cinematic landscape bears the ability to provide views with moving images of known and unknown environments of interesting locations. It is quite difficult to define precisely when the first film was ever made‚ mostly for the reason that it
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of how close one area is to another the outcome of the civilization could be completely different because of how the people have had to adapt to live in their respective areas. This issue would explain how intertwined history is with geography. Europe’s geography provided many disadvantages and advantages which have been the factors for its many successes and failures. Since the majority of Europe is surrounded by water it was a peninsula. This made it so they could trade with ease. The many rivers
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In the beginning‚ Muslims were simple and did not really cultivate for education. However‚ once their dynasty was beginning to flourish‚ they also began their desire to study various branches of literature‚ mathematics‚ astronomy‚ philosophy‚ geography‚ and medicine. In 751‚ The Abbasids raided Central Asia and captured a few of Chinese artisans that were skilled in paper making. These Chinese prisoners won their freedom by revealing papermaking secrets. Once papermaking was spread throughout
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feeling of moving from one home or school to another. How did you find your way? How did the “strange” space become a familiar place? This essay requires you to draw on your own experiences to understand two fundamental concepts in cultural geography‚ space and place. Geographers tend to use the term space in a much more abstract way than place – as a term that describes a two-dimensional location on a map. Place‚ on the other hand is a less dry term‚ one that is used to describe a location
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