Geography

portal geography

geography (also: Geografie, Greek Γεωγραφία geographia; gē „earth “; graph in „scratch, write, draw “) seized, describe and explain the spatial structures and procedures at the earth's surface as well as their effects on humans. It forms thusa seam between nature - and the social sciences. It develops concepts to understand and for the solution of problems between humans and environment. The subject of geography is the entire Geosphäre. As applied geography it is concerned with thatAnalysis and planning of spatial structures and processes.

[to work on]

history

the meaning of geographical knowledge became for the first time in the antique one recognized by the Greeks. Their realizations continued to use the Romans . During the European Middle Ages geography, like other branches of science, came also again into oblivion. Only from the empire China and the rising Orient came new impulses.

In the beginnings thattoday's scientific geography in 19. Century was their goal essentially the discovery and investigation so far unknown quantity regions of the earth (terra incognita); it had made the replenishment and discovery of the “white marks” on the map it's duty. At that timeGeography can be described therefore as a science “of where”. Geography must one in 19. Century inside as a science describe, which collected facts and for example in the form of pictures, maps and reports documented. It was thus purely descriptively (describing). “Innocent” was never geography thereby. Geography promoted on the part of the states (Universities of, expeditions) always stood in the context of history. For the colonialism for example the descriptive results were indispensable on the part of the geographersand products of the same are in this sense.

By the increasing specialization in 20. Century developed those for variety of the today's partial disciplines and in particular splitting between physical geography and Anthropogeographie. At the latest with the 1960er years and the pressure after stronger more publiclyAuthentication turned geography also increasingly to close-to-applications questions and looked for their topics in connection with town construction, space planning or environmental protection. This reflected itself in the German-speaking countries also in the introduction diploma - of the course of studies.

In thatConsequence of strong fanning out of geography was raised again and again the question whether geography was to be regarded at all still as a uniform science. So far this remained however an academic question, those to no resuming consequences would have led or tooAttempts to abolish geography as independent academic science.

See also: List of the discoverers

[work on]

organization

[work on]

Physiogeographie

the Physiogeographie (physical geography) concerns itself primarily with the natural components and structures of the earth's surface. Becomesthe activity of humans for the explanation of the landscape genesis also treats.

Subsections of the Physiogeographie are:

[work on]

human geography

human geography (geography of humans, also human geography) concerns itself with the influencehumans on the geographic area, like also with the influence of the area on humans for example in connection with the spatial distribution of population or of economic goods.

Subsections of the Anthropogeographie are:

[work on]

mathematical geography

mathematical geography concerns itself with the measurement of the earth.

Subsections of mathematical geography are:

[work on]

of quotations

„it is not anything that the trained understanding morecultivated and forms, as geography. “

- Immanuel Kant

„geography is the nut/mother of the sciences! “

- Immanuel Kant

„and it threw a view around itself on the planet of the geographer. He had not seen ever a so majestic planet. “

- Antoinede Saint Exupéry: Small prince

„how often has I it already said that - apart from any occupation blindness - which consists characteristic ones of the geographer in my opinion of it itself preferably on strange terrain to mad… because the geographera personality erred is. Because it does not shrink from itself to admit that it got off the way to admit its assessment to explore the distance, without agitating itself from the place to. “

- Brigitte Paulino Neto: The melancholy of the geographer

for furtherQuotations see here (under Wikiquote).

[Work on]