Spatial Organisation of Society

Human societies and geographic features are not evenly distributed or organized. This course helps the students to find order out of the chaos. At the end of the course the students should be able to: 1. define basic concepts of spatial organization. 2. classify different phenomena (population, production, and geographic features) that are spatially dispersed; and 3. interpret land use and patterns and interactions.

Basic concepts of spatial organization: principles of classification of geographical phenomena; growth and spatial distribution of population. Production systems; typology and distribution; location, spacing and growth of settlements; movements over space and transport networks. Land-use; typology, patterns and interaction.