Nature-Culture
Nature-culture is how people interact with the pysical geography arround them. It means that people in the desert probably would not use cars as a main source of transportation. Along with people in big cities, who would probably not own or ever need to own a farming tractor. It is all about how people use their surroundings in the diferent areas across the world. Although, nature-culture is also about how nature is affected by people and the way they treat their local enviornment.
Environmental Determinism
Enviornmental determinism is the belief that humans are just a product of the enviornment around them, that nature shapes our culture.
Examples of Enviromental Determinism
Island nations have unique cultural traits solely because of their isolation from continental societies.
Tropical climates were said to cause laziness, relaxed attitudes and promiscuity, while the frequent variability in the weather of the middle latitudes led to more determined and driven work ethics.
Tropical climates were said to cause laziness, relaxed attitudes and promiscuity, while the frequent variability in the weather of the middle latitudes led to more determined and driven work ethics.
Possibilism
Possibilism is the belief that nature offers many ways for a culture to develope.
Examples of possibilism
Nature provides the essential, natural reasources needed for culture to survive and grow.
The people in third world countries are able to work and make money by the reasources, that are commonly found around them.
The people in third world countries are able to work and make money by the reasources, that are commonly found around them.
Enviornmental Perception
Enviornmental perception is the claim that peoples culture is develope by what they feel their surrounding areas are, through what they see, remember, emotions, and experiences.
Examples of Environmental Perception
When the Europeans came to america they wanted to own the land but the Native Americans had no concept of this. So the Europeans thought of the land as a comodity.
When Islamic people come to the U.S.A they still wear the cloth over their face and the wraps because it is what they are use too.
When Islamic people come to the U.S.A they still wear the cloth over their face and the wraps because it is what they are use too.
Humans as Modifiers of the Earth
Humans as modifiers of the earth are geographers that belief humans shape nature.
Examples of Humans as Moifiers of the Earth
Tree huggers
Enviormentalist
Enviormentalist