Foundations_of_Geoecology

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GIS and resources

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Statement of Inquiry
The dynamic nature of change in resource availability
and management challenges societies to pursue
sustainable solutions that balance environmental,
economic, and social needs.

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Systems
Geographical
Ecological

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Geosystems
• The geosystem is a concept enabling the analysis of dynamic
combinations of biotic, abiotic and anthropic factors occurring
within a «territory». It belongs to systemic approaches
generally, and is used in geography to study interactions
between the natural environment and societies, both temporal
and spatial.
• BEROUTCHACHVILI N. et ROUGERIE G., 1991 : Géosystèmes et paysages, bilans et méthodes, A. Colin, Paris.
• Sochava, 1974, p.4) defined a geosystem, regardless of its
spatial dimension, as the interrelated components of the natural
environment that comprise one unified whole and adhere to
regularities within the geographic envelope or across
landscapes*). These components are both biotic and abiotic
(Sochava, 1974, p.50; 1978, p.20).

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Ecosystem
• An ecosystem is widely defined as the community of fauna and flora
together with the abiotic environment in which they reside (MA, 2005).

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An ecosystem constitutes all the
living and non-living things and the
environment around that community.
There is a specific area for different
ecosystems where the living things
interact with each other and the
environment.
Broadly, there are two types of
ecosystems on Earth – terrestrial and
aquatic.

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Natural resources

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natural resource
• any biological, mineral, or aesthetic asset afforded by nature
without human intervention that can be used for some form of
benefit, whether material (economic) or immaterial.
• What is considered a “resource” (or, for that matter, “natural”) has
varied over time and from one society to another. Examples of
assets that can be considered natural resources include forests,
surface water and groundwater, and the fertile lands or
the soil and minerals within them (rather than the crops that grow on
them), as well as energy resources (such as petroleum, natural gas,
and heated water [that is, geothermal energy]) contained within
layers of rock.
• https://www.britannica.com/science/natural-resource

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Geoecology
• Geoecology is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary science
that integrates the geosciences with the life sciences, focusing
on the myriad influences of geological processes on historical
and contemporary patterns of biogeography, including the
causes and consequences of geoedaphics on biota at all
temporal and spatial scales.

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• Recent advances in geographic information science (GIS) and
remote sensing, including light detection and ranging (LiDAR)
and satellite imagery, combined with advanced computational
techniques, have also provided means to closely monitor
changes in patterns and processes of biota spread across
geologic, topographic, and related ecological gradients.
• Such advances have led to effective conservation planning and
better management of threats to biota resulting from stressors
associated with climate change.

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Task 1. individual work
• In component of geosystems, identify what kind of resources
are retrieved from that component
• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere
• Discuss how each component is necessary for human living
• Criteria A, C,D

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Case study. Forest resources
• Read the given article
• Based on that information, mark on a contour map forest
recourse stock per country (with one color and squares)
• Map out data on intensity of use of forest available for wood
supply
• Discuss the importance and future of forests, and their impact
on your life
• Criteria B, D

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Homework
• Add a slide with information on forest resources of your region
• Amount, composition
• Add what kind of measures are taken to preserve forests