Blackie’s Dictionary Of Geography

Geography studies the way people shape and give meaning to their environments and are shaped by them. Human geography (a social science) is concerned especially with the political, economic, social, and cultural processes and resource practices that give definition to particular places, and that, in turn, are affected by them. Geography is about the world and our place within it. It is not just about where things are, but why space matters. What unites geographers is an explicit focus on space and how it affects the ways that people and environments interact. Literally, anything that happens on Earth is fair game for geographers. The field of geography, unlike the world it studies, has no boundaries. Just as others study the dynamics of change in society, culture, politics, economy, or landscapes over time, geographers add the crucial dimension of space. This dictionary discusses