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Human Geography
Nature and Scope
Nature and Scope
Human Geography Defined
• “Human geography is the synthetic study
of relationship between human societies and
earth’s surface”. Ratzel
• “Human geography is the study of “the
changing relationship between the unresting
man and the unstable earth.”
Ellen C. Semple
NATURE OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Human geography studies the inter-relationship
between the physical environment and socio-
cultural environment created by human beings
through mutual interaction with each other.
Naturalisation of Humans and
Humanisation of Nature
Humanisation of Nature
- In the early stages of human interaction with their
natural environment humans were greatly
influenced by it. They adapted to the dictates
of Nature. This is so because the level of
technology was very low and the stage of
human social development was also primitive.
This type of interaction between primitive
human society and strong forces of nature was
termed as environmental determinism. Or Naturalization of Humans
- .Nature provides opportunities and human
being make use of these and slowly nature gets
humanised and starts bearing the imprints of
human endeavour this shows possibilism. Or Humanisation of nature - A geographer, Griffith Taylor introduced
another concept which reflects a middle path between the two ideas of environmental determinism and possibilism.
He termed it as Neodeterminism or stop and
go determinism
Human Geography through
the Corridors of Time
the Corridors of Time
- Humanistic school of thought
in human geography was mainly concerned
with the different aspects of social well-being
of the people. These included aspects such
as housing, health and education.
• Radical school of thought employed
Marxian theory to explain the basic cause
of poverty, deprivation and social inequality.
Contemporary social problems were related
to the development of capitalism.
Marxian theory to explain the basic cause
of poverty, deprivation and social inequality.
Contemporary social problems were related
to the development of capitalism.
• Behavioural school of thought laid great
emphasis on lived experience and also on
the perception of space by social categories
based on ethnicity, race and religion, etc.
Fields and Subfields of Human Geography
Human Geography and Sister Disciplines of Social Sciences
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