PRESENTEDBY

MAHAMUDUL HASANROLL-ASH1609078M

UPDATED-31-OCT-2016DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND DISASTER

MANAGEMENTNOAKHALI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

Presentation Outline What is GEOGRAPHY?Branches of Geography?Importance of Geography?SCOPE OF GEOGRAPHYWhy Every Student Should Study Geography?THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY?

SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL environmental geography vs environmentalWhy should study environmental geography in environmental science

?Questions?

WELCOME TO

GEOGRAPHY!

LET,S KNOW ABOUTWHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

DERIVES FROM TWO GREEK WORDSGEO=EARTH,+

GRAPHY=DESCRIPTIONSO, GEOGRAPHY MEANS “THE DESCRIPTION OF THE EARTH”

BUT GEOGRAPHY IS ALL ABOUT

EVERYTHING!

BRANCHES AND TYPES OF GEORAPHY

HOW MANY BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY?

TWO MAIN BRANCHES

1. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY2. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

But there are others fields too.

LET’S DESCRIBE THEM…..

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

– IS THE STUDY OF THE WORLD’S PHYSICAL FEATURES

—IT’S LANDFORMS, BODIES OF WATER, CLIMATES, SOILS, AND PLANTS.

Geographers ask… Where do mountains come from?Why do rivers flow in certain places?

Weather/climate patterns?

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY-STUDY OF HUMANS AND THEIR IDEAS,

AND -THE IMPACT OF HUMAN IDEAS  AND ACTIONS ON THE

EARTH.

Human Geographers ask…What jobs do they have?

What crops will grow there?What makes people move from place to place?

What types of houses do they build?

IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHY

-HELP US KNOW MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND OUR CULTURES,

-HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR ENVIRONMENT AND PROBLEMS

ASSOCIATED WITH IT,

-HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WAYS IN WHICH EACH OF US INTERACTS WITH, AND IS DEPENDENT ON OTHERS AND THE

ENVIRONMENT AND

-HELP US SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL

PROBLEMS.

THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

• Location• Place• Human-Environment Interaction• Movement• Regions

LOCATIONWHERE ARE WE?

•. Absolute Location– A latitude and longitude

(global location) or a street address (local location).

–Paris France is 48o

North Latitude and 2o East Longitude.

–The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

• Relative Location–Described by landmarks,

time, direction or distance. From one place to another.

–Go 1 mile west on main street and turn left for 1 block.

PLACEWhat is it like there, what kind of place is it?

• Human Characteristics

• What are the main languages, customs, and beliefs.

• How many people live, work, and visit a place.

• Physical Characteristics

• Landforms (mountains, rivers, etc.), climate, vegetation, wildlife, soil, etc.

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

• How do humans and the environment affect each other?–We depend on it.

• People depend on the Tennessee River for water and transportation.–We modify it.

• People modify our environment by heating and cooling buildings for comfort.

–We adapt to it. • We adapt to the environment by wearing clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and winter (coats), rain and shine.

MOVEMENT

• How are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place?–Human Movement

•Trucks, Trains, Planes– Information Movement

•Phones, computer (email), mail– Idea Movement

•How do fads move from place to place? TV, Radio, Magazines

REGIONS• How are Regions similar to and different from other places?

– Formal Regions• Regions defined by governmental or administrative

boundaries (States, Countries, Cities)• Regions defined by similar characteristics (Corn Belt, Rocky

Mountain region, Chinatown).– Functional Regions

• Regions defined by a function (newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area).

– Vernacular Regions• Regions defined by peoples perception (middle east, the

south, etc.)

SCOPE OF GEOGRAPHY

AS WIDE AS EARTH…….

Why Every Student Should Study Geography? To understand basic physical systems that affect everyday life (e.g. earth-sun relationships,water cycles, wind and ocean currents).

To learn the location of places and the physical and cultural characteristics of those places in order to function more effectively in our increasingly interdependent world.

To understand the geography of past times and how geography has played important roles in the evolution of people, their ideas, places and environments.

To develop a mental map of your community, province or territory, country and the world

so that you can understand the “where” of places and events. To explain how the processes of human and physical systems have arranged and sometimes changed the surface of the Earth.

To understand the spatial organization of society and see order in what often appears to be random scattering of people and places.

To recognize spatial distributions at all scales – local and worldwide – in order to understand the complex connectivity of people and places.

To be able to make sensible judgements about matters involving relationships between the physical environment and society.

To appreciate Earth as the homeland of humankind and provide insight for wise management decisions about how the planet’s resources should be used.

To understand global interdependence and to become a better global citizen.

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY

LET,S KNOW ABOUT IT…….

1. A BRANCH OF GEOGRAPHY.

2. DESCRIBES AND EXPLAINS THE SPATIAL ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND THEIR

SOCIAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY?

LET,S KNOW SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL

GEOGRAPHY

1.Environmental System

2. Man-Environment Relationship in geography

3.Environment policy, Laws & Rules

4. Global Environment issues

5. Environment-Man-Society

6. Environmental Management

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY VS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

WHY SHOULD STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY IN ENVIRONMENTAL

SCIENCE ?

It helps to understand the aerial distribution of phenomena.

To understand the spatial patterns and spatial organization.

Locational analysis, Regional analysis, Ecological studies.

To understand the man-environment relationship.

Find solutions to manage ecological problems.

Make people aware to protect the environment.

Proper use of natural resources.

Sustainable development and biovariety conservation.

References:1.Environmental Geography (Savindra Singh)2.Encyclopedia life Support System (EOLSS)3.www.worldatlas.com/geography.html 4.about.com5. Geography of Environment (Rai Technology University)6.Canadian Council for Geographic Education

THANK YOU ALL……