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NCERT Class 11 Geography Part 1 Chapter 1: Geography as a Discipline

Geography

  • Spatial Variation
  • Skills in modern technology – GIS, Computer Cartography
  • Variation in physical features
  • Variation in social & cultural features
  • By Eratosthenese – Geo + Graphos

Areal Differentiation

  • Study phenomena that vary over space
  • Association with other factors that cause variation
  • E. g. : Cropping pattern differ based on soil, climate, demand

Geographical Phenomena

  • Cause-effect relationship
  • Physical & human factors
  • Dynamic and not static
  • Interactive process between changing earth & ever-active human beings
  • Nature influence human beings – food, clothing, shelter
  • Human beings have come to nature by adaptation & modification
  • Technology is key – increased scale of production & mobility of labour
  • Spatial Organization
  • Spatial Interaction
  • Spatial Synthesis
  • What
  • Where
  • Why
Illustration: Geographical Phenomena

Approaches

  • Systematic – General geography – Humboldt – Phenomena as a whole and identification of typologies
  • Regional – Ritter – regions at hierarchical level
  • Dualism
Illustration: Geographical Phenomena
Illustration: Geographical Phenomena

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