Harm De Blij's Why Geography Matters More Than Ever: Geography

In the chapter “Geography Matters …”,Thomas Foster says geography in literature is usually about people occupying “spaces” and vice versa. It is the environment, but also it can be whatever else that location can establish in the residents there. Geography can be used several ways in a work of literature.

Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth’s surface and its atmosphere, and how human interaction affects or is affected by these concepts. The essential link between physical and human geography is interaction and how this is achieved sustainably (Amedeo and Harvey). Human geography uses number geographic concepts such as place, scale and space. Human geography can be integrative, as it is divided into many subfields. Human geography’s primary concern, involves spatial differentiation and the organization in relation to human activity through economic, cultural and social divisions (Stupples). Hence human geographers study how the distribution of people and their culture alter and change the environment and the specific location of this process. In order to understand the distribution of people and

Changes are an important part of history, and a natural part of life. In the case of geography throughout history, the world has made many changes to its borders and who has grievances with one another. From the High Middle Ages of olden Europe, to the twentieth century, change has occurred. These changes have unified and broken ties between countries and regions time and time again throughout history. There are many forces that push toward and against unity throughout time. The world map became what is today because of both unity and division marking change in the past.

“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future”. This is a quote by one of the most successful and innovative men to ever live, Walt Disney. He was successful because he constantly kept looking to make a better future for himself and others. He did this through interactions with the world and everything around him. Interactions such as these can push mankind forward. They lead to innovations that revolutionize the world we live in. It only takes one great idea to change the world and make it a better place for everyone. Human geography deals with how human actions influence and impact other humans and the world’s environment.

After participating in the Google Slide Presentation, What is Geography? and watching the video clip, reflect on the following questions and images.

A psammosere is a serial community; an ecological succession that began life on newly exposed coastal sand. Most common psammoseres are sand dune systems.

Guns, Germs, and Steel is a well written book by James Diamond exemplifying the true meaning of human geography. One of the essentials to fully understand geography is to know about human geography, sometimes also known as cultural geography. Human geography or cultural geography, is the study of why people are where they are. Human geography is also the relationship of cultures around the world and how they relate to their origin. Throughout the book, Diamond examines the conflict of the book: why are some societies more advanced than other societies?

The importance of geography in terms on economic development has been a long disputed topic, yet it is the most obvious explanation to the yawning gaps between several different economies, like the situation between Western Europe and Africa, in which the1820 average GDP per capita in Western Europe was about three times that in Africa; then by 1992, the average was more than thirteen times as high (Gallup, Mellinger, Sachs 1999 p.176). By saying that there is an apparent relationship between geography and economic development, it is meant that the geography of an economy, like location, climate, and natural resources, strongly influences different aspects of the economy, like trade and institution, which, in turn, determine the

In the section entitled “An Enduring Human Geography”, De Blij introduces new subject matter: historical transition into modern humanity. This development into modern structure has happened at an array of points as history as well as at various rates of growth. It is implied through logic and visual displays that the earlier the point of history at which a nation has expanded upon modern humanity, the more permanent the region’s centripetal relevance to others is in modern geography. Looking back in time, there is a pattern regarding demographics that date back thousands of years. For example, China’s demographics are remaining a constant focus and a staple piece of information as the population of China has remained the world’s largest for

Imagine you lived in China with 1.38 billion people and in the center was you. You were a mother of one and expecting a 2nd child, but you lived in a society where the government had made it illegal to have more than one child because of the overpopulation. Or let's imagine that you were part of the government that made it illegal for you to have more than one child. You were apart of it all. You made the final decision, you decided to kill unborn child, forcing families to leave the country, just so they can have more than one child. Or maybe you had a girl as your firstborn but you wanted a boy and you weren’t allowed to have another child so you gave up your first born just for a chance at having a boy. All of this happens in the world, specifically in

In conclusion, agriculture, domesticated animals, germs, and steel are all products that can be credited to geography and all helped Europe become the most powerful country in the world. Geography affects latitude which affects the climate of a region which impacts agriculture and domesticated animals, and all of the previous allow time to invent and build new tools and technology or lack of time and absence to the ability to evolve and progress in technology. Civilizations such as Europe were very fortunate with geography which meant agriculture, animals, germs, and steel would come with it. Generally, when a civilization has good crops and agriculture, the climate is suitable for domesticable animals, so people in the civilization build an

Location- Montreal City is located in southwestern Quebec, and takes up about ¾ of Montreal Island (Ile De Montreal), which is the largest island of the Hochelaga Achipelago.

North-Eastern region of the United States has been serving as the backbone of US economy in many respects. Obviously, it is densely populated region of the US due to the presence of megacities like New York, Philadelphia and the capital Washington DC. The size and number of airports in this regions also reflects the movement of people and flow of business in this region. Here most of the major city areas lie in the Atlantic coastal plain, whereas mountains and hills are also significantly affecting the the forest coverage as well as the climate of this area. More particularly, the climate is regulated by the position of the general west to east flow of weather in the middle latitudes.

Geography is the “mother of sciences”. (Wickramaratne, 2015) Geography studies the physical and cultural characteristics of different places and how they affect one another. Geography is considered a social and physical science and is taught in classrooms throughout the United States. Geography is taught in hope that someone can “see the meaning in the arrangement of things on Earth’s surface and be able to see relations between people, places, and environments, who uses geographic skills, and who applies spatial and ecological perspectives to life situations.”

Maybe some people will think human geography has no relation between physical geography. But I think human geography has a great effect on physical geography, and physical geography has a great effect on human geography too.