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Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 14-37)

Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 14-37). CULTURE. Definition : Shared patterns of learned behavior Components : Beliefs Institutions Technology. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY. A wide-ranging and comprehensive field that studies spatial aspects of human cultures

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Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 14-37)

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  1. Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 14-37)

  2. CULTURE • Definition: Shared patterns of learned behavior • Components: • Beliefs • Institutions • Technology

  3. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY • A wide-ranging and comprehensive field that studies spatial aspects of human cultures • Major components focus on: • Cultural Landscapes • Culture Hearths • Cultural Diffusion • Cultural Environments • Culture Regions Not mutually exclusive - constantly interacting with each other

  4. The composite of human imprints on the earth’s surface. • Carl Sauer’s definition: “the forms superimposed on the physical landscape by the activities of man” CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

  5. CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

  6. CULTURE HEARTH • The source areas from which radiated ideas, innovations, and ideologies that change the world beyond

  7. SEQUENT OCCUPANCE E.J.PALKA CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY: BETHLEHEM

  8. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY • A subfield within the human branch of geography • The study of the interaction of geographical area and political process • The spatial analysis of political phenomena and processes

  9. NATION Must a nation be a place? • Some examples of stateless nations: the Cherokee Nation, the Kurds, the Palestinians

  10. KURDISH REGION THE KURDS

  11. STATE • A politically organized territory • Administered by a sovereign government • Recognized by a significant portion of the international community. A state must also contain: • a permanent resident population • an organized economy • a functioning internal circulation system

  12. NATION - STATE • A country whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity An Example of a Nation-State: Japan Other Examples?

  13. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION • 4 major clusters 1) East Asia 2) South Asia 3) Europe 4) Eastern North America

  14. PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT • Economic geography • Economic conditions (World Bank’s groupings) • High-Income • Upper-middle-income • Lower-middle-income • Low-income • Core areas versus peripheries

  15. PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT

  16. PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT

  17. THE GEOGRAPHER’S PERSPECTIVE

  18. Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 14-37)

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