21 November 2008

INTRODUCTION

Traditionally, geographers have been viewed the same way as cartographers and people who study place names and numbers. Although many geographers are trained in toponymy and cartology, this is not their main preoccupation. Geographers study the spatial and temporal distribution of phenomena, processes and feature as well as the interaction of humans and their environment.[5] As space and place affect a variety of topics such as economics, health, climate, plants and animals, geography is highly interdisciplinary.

mere names of places...are not geography... know by heart a whole gazetteer full of them would not, in itself, constitute anyone a geographer. Geography has higher aims than this: it seeks to classify phenomena (alike of the natural and of the political world, in so far as it treats of the latter), to compare, to generalize, to ascend from effects to causes, and, in doing so, to trace out the great laws of nature and to mark their influences upon man. This is 'a description of the world'—that is Geography. In a word Geography is a Science—a thing not of mere names but of argument and reason, of cause and effect.

Geography as a discipline can be split broadly into two main sub fields: human geography and physical geography. The former focuses largely on the built environment and how space is created, viewed and managed by humans as well as the influence humans have on the space they occupy. The latter examines the natural environment and how the climate, vegetation & life, soil, water, and landforms are produced and interact.[7] As a result of the two subfields using different approaches a third field has emerged, which is environmental geography. Environmental geography combines physical and human geography and looks at the interactions between the environment and humans.[5]

What is Geography?

Map of the Earth

Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena.[1] A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (276-194 B.C.). Four historical traditions in geographical research are the spatial analysis of natural and human phenomena (geography as a study of distribution), area studies (places and regions), study of man-land relationship, and research in earth sciences.[2] Nonetheless, modern geography is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the Earth and all of its human and natural complexities-- not merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come to be. As "the bridge between the human and physical sciences," geography is divided into two main branches - human geography and physical geography.[3][4]

DEFINISI GEOGRAFI

Geografi merupakan kajian tentang lokasi dan variasi ruang dalam fenomena manusia dan fizikal di bumi. Perkataan geografi diambil dari perkataan Inggeris yang berasal dari perkataan Greek hê gê ("bumi") dan graphein ("menulis" atau "menggambarkan").

Geografi juga merupakan pelbagai buku sejarah berkenaan bidang ini, khususnya Geographia oleh Klaudios Ptolemaios pada abad ke-2.

Geografi lebih daripada pengkajian peta. Ia bukan hanya menyiasat dimana kedudukan di bumi, kadang kala digelar kedudukan di angkasa. Geografi mengkaji sama ada ia disebabkan oleh manusia atau secara semulajadi. Geografi juga mengkaji kesan perbezaan tersebut.

13 November 2008

PENGENALAN

Selamat berkunjung ke Blog PANITIA GEOGRAFI SMK Telok Panglima Garang, Kuala Langat, Selangor. Di atas usaha pihak panitia maka lahirlah blog yang tidak seberapa ini bagi menyahut seruan pihak sekolah agar semua guru dan panitia mempunyai blog. Diharapkan blog ini dapat membantu guru dan pelajar-pelajar agar dapat mendekati subjek Geografi yang pada masa kini agak terpinggir. Marilah sama-sama kita tingkatkan kefahaman kita terhadap mata pelajaran Geografi kerana ianya amat penting kepada kehidupan kita. Ingat

"Selangkah kita menapak adalah Geografi"