2006-09-24 15:57:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
There are physical and cultural geographers. Physical geographers study the spatial relationships of things like climate, plant types, etc. Cultural geographers study the spatial relationships of human culture. Things like why people who live in the same area eat different kinds of foods, build different types of houses, etc.
2006-09-24 18:31:21 · answer #1 · answered by KFIfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are five thematic areas within geography:
1. Physical Geography.Physical geographers study the earth systems and environmental processes, as well as the locational arrangements of each phenomenon and their interactions as physical systems.
2. People-Environment Geography. People-Environment geographers study the interactions between humans and their use of the environment. More specifically, they study the human use, perception, and modification of environments.
3. Human Geography. Human geographers study the location and organization of human settlements and activities over earth space. Human geography explores spatial, economic, political/geopolitical, historic, environmental, population, social, cultural, and urban topics and their connections.
4. Area Studies and Global Systems. Area studies geographers examine the ways in which regions, places, and global systems have acquired distinctive characteristics and problems as a result of their locations, settlement, use by particular peoples and cultures. Other study global cities and the effects of globalization.
5. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. Cartography is the science and techniques of using geospatial data and computer systems to make maps. New maps can be both interactive and online with a deep wealth of detail. GIScience is a field devoted to the acquisition, management, analysis, visualization, and representation of geospatial data. It is relatively new discipline that incorporates GIS, Cartography, and other related geospatial fields. As an academic discipline, GIScience is concerned with both theoretical and applied issues in the creation and use of maps and geospatial databases.
2006-09-25 10:32:09 · answer #2 · answered by Patricia Lidia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-24 23:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vulcanologists-Study volcanoes
Seismologists-Study earthquakes
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2006-09-24 23:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by Curth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋