The geographic space, in geography, it is the place of interaction between natural and cultural elements. Natural elements are produced by nature itself and cultural elements are produced by human beings.
It is important to know that there is no geographic space without the presence and intervention of the individual. That is, without the intervention of man on nature.
Agriculture was one of the important factors for the existence of geographical space, as it is responsible for the great interaction between human beings and nature.
The geographic space is different from the natural space. The geographic space suffers the consequences of the economic and social practices of human beings, whether rural or urban. Natural space, on the other hand, is every place that has not yet undergone this interaction.
Examples of geographic space and geographic categories
To understand how different human relationships with nature occur, geographic space is divided into geographic categories, such as: place, territory, region and landscape.
O place it is where affection exists, that is, their way of being, their culture and customs materializes.
- Example of geographic space (place): your house and your room. However, there are also artificial places like shopping malls, for example. They are artificially created places for individuals to feel good.
You territories they are delimited spaces, where the State imposes its power of possession, mainly through laws.
- Example of geographic space (territories): the borders between countries.
THE landscape it is whatever our perception distinguishes as natural or constructed.
- Example of geographic space (landscape): a community, a cluster of buildings, Dubai's artificial islands.
THE region is the place used to facilitate administration.
- Example of geographic space (region): a country as large as Brazil needs to be divided into regions (states) to be managed in its entirety.
See also the meaning of Natural landscape.
Brazilian geographic space
The development of the Brazilian geographic space began with the colonization carried out by the Portuguese crown.
Some factors were important for the development of the Brazilian territory, such as:
- the extraction of brazilwood and spices;
- the cultivation of sugar cane;
- large coffee plantation;
- cattle breeding.
Initially, Brazil had its expansion only in coastal regions, due to great navigation and agro-export.
For the 17th and 18th centuries, Brazil began to expand further inland, through the exploitation of livestock and ore.
Currently, the Brazilian territory has a total area of 8,515,767.049 km², making it the 5th largest country. It comprises 26 states and 1 federal district, divided into five regions (north, northeast, midwest, southeast and south).
It also borders countries such as Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana (north); Colombia and Peru (northwest); Bolivia (west); Paraguay and Argentina (southwest); Uruguay (south).
See also the meaning of:
- Territory;
- Historical Time;
- Types of Maps;
- cultural landscape;