Thrift (2002)‚ provides a general overview of geography as a discipline. His work gives a summary of the success‚ problems and the way forward for geography. He did a good work by buttressing his argument with specific examples‚ such as the landscape ecology evolution in geography at the University of Edinburgh. Also‚ he made mention of the success human geography is making in the public policy sector‚ which came up last three weeks in our class discussion and is a central theme is this week’s reading
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Functional departmentalization - Grouping activities by functions performed. Activities can be grouped according to function (work being done) to pursue economies of scale by placing employees with shared skills and knowledge into departments for example human resources‚ IT‚ accounting‚ manufacturing‚ logistics‚ and engineering. Functional departmentalization can be used in all types of organizations. * Product departmentalization - Grouping activities by product line. Tasks can also be grouped according
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Geographic factors often play a major role in a nation’s historical‚ political‚ social‚ and economic development. Geography is a study of the earths features such as its land‚ rocks‚ oceans‚ etc. The earth consists of many geographic features such as peninsulas‚ desserts‚ mountains‚ rain forests‚ archipelagos and etc. Two geographic features that impacted the development of Russia and Egypt are river valleys and lack of warm water ports. The lack of warm water ports has had a negative effect
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BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY (BASED ON SYSTEMATIC APPROACH) 1. Physical Geography (i) Geomorphology Is devoted to the study of landforms‚ their evolution and related processes. (ii) Climatology Encompasses the study of structure of atmosphere and elements of weather and climates and climatic types and regions. (iii) Hydrology Studies the realm of water over the surface of the earth including oceans‚ lakes‚ rivers and other water bodies and its effect on different life forms including human life and
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A NEW LOOK AT THE FOUR TRADITIONS OF GEOGRAPHY J. Lewis Robinson In the May 1964 issue of the JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY‚ William D. Pattison presented a brief and excellent statement concerning the main themes in geography.1 His four traditions article has been quoted widely since then‚ and it has helped to reduce the problem of defining the broad scope of the discipline in one or two sentences which would be acceptable to and understood by the public‚ teachers‚ and professional
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Dylon Breyman 1. What is geography? Geography is the scientific study of the locations of people and earth’s physical features‚ and the reason for their distributions. 2. What is culture? Culture is the collective of ideas and beliefs about what is customary as well the arts‚ social institutions‚ and religions of a group of people. 3. What is a region? A region is an area of division of a place with definable characteristics but without fixed boundaries. 4. What is cartography? Cartography
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Chapter 1 Outline Intro to Human Geography Field Note: Humans are geographers by nature. They can think territorially or spatially and have an awareness of‚ and curiosity about the distinctive nature of places. Even children possess qualities of geographers‚ creating carefully mapped realms in tiny places. Places possess an emotional quality‚ and we all must belong somewhere. Humans’ insatiable curiosity and the place-centered element within us gave birth to geography as an academic discipline.
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comprehension in society. Geography is divided mainly into two categories; human and physical geography. Each geography examines different kinds of information. Physical geography clarifies the physical landscapes of districts and places while human geography looks to break down the spatial circulation of humans and their cooperation’s. Chapter 1 summaries the significance of geography and how it influences all aspects of life. Regardless of what or where we are going‚ geography is some way or another
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What is Human Geography? Human geography- how people make places‚ how we organize space and society‚ how we interact with each other in places and across space‚ and how we make sense of others and ourselves in our localities‚ regions‚ and the world. Advances in communication and transportation technologies are making places and people become more interconnected. 100 years ago‚ fastest transportation was the steamship‚ railroad‚ and horse. 200 countries‚ diverse world. Globalization- set of
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Geography Geography is the study of the earth’s landscapes‚ peoples‚ places and environments. It is‚ quite simply‚ about the world in which we live. Geography puts this understanding of social and physical processes within the context of places and regions - recognizing the great differences in cultures‚ political systems‚ economies‚ landscapes and environments places and social groups underlie much of the newer developments in human geography across the world‚ and the links between them. Geography
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