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Intersection of human and physical geography
Integrated geography
(also referred to as
integrative geography
,
[1]
environmental geography
or
human?environment geography
) is where the branches of
human geography
and
physical geography
overlap to describe and explain the
spatial
aspects of interactions between human individuals or societies and their
natural environment
,
[2]
these interactions being called
coupled human?environment system
.
Origins
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It requires an understanding of the dynamics of
physical geography
, as well as the ways in which human societies conceptualize the environment (
human geography
). Thus, to a certain degree, it may be seen as a successor of
Physische Anthropogeographie
(English: "physical anthropogeography")?a term coined by
University of Vienna
geographer
Albrecht Penck
in 1924
[3]
?and geographical
cultural
or
human ecology
(
Harlan H. Barrows
1923). Integrated geography in the United States is principally influenced by the schools of
Carl O. Sauer
(Berkeley), whose perspective was rather historical, and
Gilbert F. White
(Chicago), who developed a more applied view.
Integrated geography (also, integrative geography, environmental geography or human?environment geography) is the branch of geography that describes and explains the spatial aspects of interactions between human individuals or societies and their natural environment, called
coupled human?environment systems
.
Focus
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The links between human and physical geography were once more apparent than they are today. As human experience of the world is increasingly mediated by technology, the relationships between humans and the environment have often become obscured. Thereby, integrated geography represents a critically important set of analytical tools for assessing the impact of human presence on the
environment
. This is done by measuring the result of human activity on natural landforms and cycles.
[4]
Methods for which this information is gained include
remote sensing
, and
geographic information systems
.
[5]
Integrated geography helps us to ponder the environment in terms of its relationship to people. With integrated geography we can analyze different social science and humanities perspectives and their use in understanding people environment processes.
[6]
Hence, it is considered the third branch of geography,
[7]
the other branches being physical and human geography.
[8]
References
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- ^
Nicolaas A. Rupke (2008):
Alexander Von Humboldt: A Metabiography
.
Chicago
:
University of Chicago Press
.
ISBN
9780226731490
- ^
Noel Castree
et al.
(2009):
A Companion to Environmental Geography
.
London
:
Wiley-Blackwell
.
ISBN
9781444305739
- ^
Karlheinz Paffen (1959): Stellung und Bedeutung der Physischen Anthropogeographie. In:
Erdkunde
13 (4), pp. 354?372.
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.1959.04.08
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Garcia, Hector (2010).
Environmental Geography
. Apple Academic Press, Inc.
ISBN
978-1926686684
.
- ^
G., Moseley, William (2014-01-01).
An introduction to human-environment geography : local dynamics and global processes
. Wiley-Blackwell.
ISBN
9781405189316
.
OCLC
921583361
.
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Moseley, William G.; Perramond, Eric; Hapke, Holly M.; Laris, Paul (2014).
An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography
. Wiley Blackwell. pp. 26?27.
- ^
David Demeritt (2009): From externality to inputs and interference: framing environmental research in geography. In:
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
34 (1), pp. 3?11,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00333.x.
- ^
Arild Holt-Jensen (1999):
Geography - History and Concepts: A Student's Guide
. London: SAGE.
ISBN
9780761961802
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