Department of Geography
Department of Geography sets the standard with new online glossary
In line with Unisa's transformation and language policy, the Department of Geography has developed an online multilingual glossary. The glossary is an open educational resource available to lecturers and students, other universities, school teachers and learners, and stakeholders in civil society and industry. Read more.
Department of Geography sets the standard with new online glossary
In line with Unisa's transformation and language policy, the Department of Geography has developed an online multilingual glossary. The glossary is an open educational resource available to lecturers and students, other universities, school teachers and learners, and stakeholders in civil society and industry. Read more.
A decade of coastal governance in South Africa: livelihoods, resources and politics
The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences of the Department of Geography hosted an African Scholar Lecture on 31 September. Dr Philile Mbatha presented a lecture titled "A decade of coastal governance in South Africa: livelihoods, resources and politics". Read more.
A decade of coastal governance in South Africa: livelihoods, resources and politics
The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences of the Department of Geography hosted an African Scholar Lecture on 31 September. Dr Philile Mbatha presented a lecture titled "A decade of coastal governance in South Africa: livelihoods, resources and politics". Read more.
Mapping the geography of knowledge in a new world
As a major knowledge node, South Africa is increasingly attracting students who formerly would have opted for higher education in the northern hemisphere, said Prof Ashley Gunter in his inaugural lecture. Read more.
Mapping the geography of knowledge in a new world
As a major knowledge node, South Africa is increasingly attracting students who formerly would have opted for higher education in the northern hemisphere, said Prof Ashley Gunter in his inaugural lecture. Read more.
Celebrating the World Environment Day
The Department of Geography of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, in collaboration with the Unisa Sustainability Office hosted a celebration of World Environment Day (WED) on 4 June 2021. Read more.
Celebrating the World Environment Day
The Department of Geography of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, in collaboration with the Unisa Sustainability Office hosted a celebration of World Environment Day (WED) on 4 June 2021. Read more.
Young academic flying the Geography flag high!
Despite the tough year the University and the country at large have experienced in 2020, the 2021 academic year has started on a successful note for Mr Mafanya Madodomzi of the Department of Geography. Read more.
Young academic flying the Geography flag high!
Despite the tough year the University and the country at large have experienced in 2020, the 2021 academic year has started on a successful note for Mr Mafanya Madodomzi of the Department of Geography. Read more.
Geography deals with the world we live in - a world rich in cultural diversity and natural beauty, but plagued by human misery and threatened by environmental degradation. Geography is the study of the interaction off all human and physical phenomena on the earth's surface and of how interactions among places form patterns and organise space. Geography is an anthropocentric science and geographers study phenomena on the earth's surface from a space in time perspective.
Geography is also, amongst others, concerned with the environmental problems which affect our daily lives, our future existence, our quality of life and the quality of our environment. It involves both the human and the natural sciences and studies the relationship between humans and their environment. Geography aims at making a better world for all - a world free of pollution, erosion, poverty and famine.
Last modified: 2023/08/07
