Environmental Geography and Disaster Management in B.A. 4th Semester - Paper 4016
B.A 4
th
semester
Paper-4016
Environmental geography and
disaster management
1.
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY:MEANING
AND NATURE
What is environmental geography?
•
The term environment has been derived from a French
word “Environ”means to surround.
•
environment refers to anything that is immediately
surrounding an object and exerting a direct influence
on it.
•
Environmental geography is the study of systematic
description of different components of environment
and interactions of man with these components
.
•
In 1989 Savindra Singh attempted to define
environmental geography and determine its scope
in his research paper entitled ‘
environmental
geography : conceptual frameworks
’ (National
Geographer, 1989)
•
He published the first comprehensive text and
reference book entitled
‘environmental
geography
’ in 1991.
•
Savindra Singh defined environmental
geography in 1989 as follows
•
“
Thus broadly speaking, environmental geography
may be defined as the study of spatial attributes of
interrelationships between living organisms and
natural environment in general nd between
technologically advanced ‘economic man ’ and his
natural environment in particular in temporal and
spatial framework.”
•
In simple words environmental geography is the
branch of geography that describes the spatial
aspects of interactions between humans and the
natural world.
Nature of environmental geography
•
The concept of environmental studies is stated as
‘environmental geography’ instead of ‘geography of
environment’ as the term environmental geography
lays more emphasis on men environment
relationship.
•
On the other hand geography of environment
focuses more on study of characteristics and spatial
and temporal distribution of different components of
environment.
•
It lays more emphasis on the application of
geographical information to the solution of
environmental problems.
•
Environmental geography may also serve as a
bridge between physical and human branches of
geography on one hand and it may associate
geographers in general and environmental
geographers in particular with other allied life and
earth scientists on the other hand.
Source:Environmental
geography by Savindra
Singh
wikipedia
Environmental geography encompasses the systematic study of the interactions between living organisms and their natural surroundings, focusing on spatial attributes and human-nature relationships. This branch of geography emphasizes the application of geographical information to address environmental issues, serving as a link between physical and human geography while collaborating with other earth and life scientists.
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B.A 4thsemester Paper-4016 Environmental geography and disaster management
1. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY:MEANING AND NATURE What is environmental geography? The term environment has been derived from a French word Environ means to surround. environment refers to anything that is immediately surrounding an object and exerting a direct influence on it. Environmental geography is the study of systematic description of different components of environment and interactions of man with these components.
In 1989 Savindra Singh attempted to define environmental geography and determine its scope in his research paper entitled environmental geography : conceptual frameworks (National Geographer, 1989) He published the first comprehensive text and reference book entitled environmental geography in 1991. Savindra Singh defined environmental geography in 1989 as follows
Thus broadly speaking, environmental geography may be defined as the study of spatial attributes of interrelationships between living organisms and natural environment in general nd between technologically advanced economic man and his natural environment in particular in temporal and spatial framework. In simple words environmental geography is the branch of geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural world.
Nature of environmental geography The concept of environmental studies is stated as environmental geography instead of geography of environment as the term environmental geography lays more emphasis on men environment relationship. On the other hand geography of environment focuses more on study of characteristics and spatial and temporal distribution of different components of environment.
It lays more emphasis on the application of geographical information to the solution of environmental problems. Environmental geography may also serve as a bridge between physical and human branches of geography on one hand and it may associate geographers in general and environmental geographers in particular with other allied life and earth scientists on the other hand. Source:Environmental geography by Savindra Singh wikipedia
