1What is Geography?Why world regional geography?What is globalization?May 12, 2008GEOG 19822Geography’s Subdisciplines• Physical Geography– geomorphology, climatology, biogeography• Human Geography– cultural geography, historical geography, economicgeography, political geography, urban geography,political ecology, gender geography• Technical Geography– cartography, remote sensing analysis, geographicinformation systems (GIS), geographic informationsciencevideo: learning country facts…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_tT-q8EF03Space, Place, and Scale• location, spatial relationships and connectionsbetween the environment and people• Space - general, objective location or area• Place - includes both objective and subjectiveaspects of a location• Scale - the proportion that relates thedimensions of a map to the dimensions of thearea it representsSpace: container or relation?“Container” filled up by people and thingsGeneral, objective location or areaRelational:The built environment and real-world thingsshape the way we live our lives4PlaceIncludes both objective and subjective aspectsof a locationGeneralization about a placeWho and what belongs where?5Scale The proportionthat relates thedimensions of amap to thedimensions ofthe area itrepresentsScaleGlobalRegionalNationalStateLocalHouseholdBody6Map Projections• Projections - different ways of representing thespherical surface of the earth on flat paper• Each projection has some distortion• Examples of projections:– Mercator projection– Goode’s interrupted homolosine projection– Robinson projection78910Why world regional geography?• History• Practicality• Arbitrariness• All regions are political projects• All borders are political projects• Contestation and internal variation11What is globalization?Definition: the growth of interregional andworldwide linkages and the changes theyare bringing aboutHistory:• Long histories of interregional trade• Interregional linkages increased duringEuropean colonialismWhat is new about thisglobalization?• With developments in communicationtechnology, there have been increasedinterregional flows of:– information– goods– money– people12Global flows of informationGlobal flows of goodshttp://www.patagonia.com/web/us/footprint/index.jsp13Global flows of moneyGlobal flows of people14Video: Story of Stuffhttp://www.storyofstuff.com/Things to remember (study)subdisciplines of geographydefinitions of space, place, scalestrengths & weaknesses of 3 map projectionsin what ways are regions political projects?Definition & examples of globalizationREADING FOR TOMORROW:pp. 2-30 (skim), read chapter 2 (52-96)ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE
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