Geographers study the locations and interrelations
of natural and/or cultural features. They emphasize through their
research and teaching the physical-human unity, which gives character to
places. Geographers try to develop in themselves and in others a
"geographical imagination," an appreciation of and sensitivity
to the role played by space and place in our understanding of the world
which is our habitat. Geographers ask such fundamental questions as;
Where are things found? Why there? Are these good locations or
distributions? Would there be better locations or distributions? Their
interests focus on such themes as:
Relationships between humans and the natural
environment,
Spatial relationships of natural or cultural
features,
Natural processes involving landforms, water,
soil, weather, and climate,
Cultural landscapes or "built"
environments as they are and as they might be developed through
urban and regional planning.
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Geographers study the locations and interrelations
of natural and/or cultural features. They emphasize through their
research and teaching the physical-human unity, which gives character to
places. Geographers try to develop in themselves and in others a
"geographical imagination," an appreciation of and sensitivity
to the role played by space and place in our understanding of the world
which is our habitat. Geographers ask such fundamental questions as;
Where are things found? Why there? Are these good locations or
distributions? Would there be better locations or distributions? Their
interests focus on such themes as: