Mar 22, 2022
Broad Stages and Thrust of Human Geography
FAQ's about Nature and Scope of Human Geography
Human geography studies “the relationship between the physical/natural and the human worlds, the spatial distributions of human phenomena and how they come about, the social and economic differences between different parts of the world”.
One of the crucial topics of Geography, Nature and Scope of Human Geography should be studied in detail during the UPSC exam preparation. This article will navigate you through all the essential aspects and concepts of Human Geography.
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The process of adaptation, adjustment with and modification of the environment started with the appearance of human beings over the surface of the earth in different ecological niches.
Period Approaches Broad Features Early Colonial period Exploration and description Imperial and trade interests prompted the discovery and exploration of new areas. An encyclopaedic description of the area formed an important aspect of the geographers account. Later Colonial period Regional analysis Elaborate descriptions of all aspects of a region were undertaken. The idea was that all the regions were part of a whole. i.e. (the earth): so. understanding the parts In totality would lead to an understanding of the whole. 1930s through the Inter-War period Areal differentiation The focus was on identifying the uniqueness of any region and understanding how and why it was different from others. Late 1950s to the late 1960s Spatial organisation Marked by the use of computers and sophisticated statistical tools. Laws of physics were often applied to map and analyse human phenomena. This phase was called the quantitative revolution. The main objective was to identify mappable patterns for different human activities. 1970s The emergence of humanistic. radical and behavioural schools Discontentment with the quantitative revolution and its dehumanised manner of doing geography led to the emergence of three new schools of thought of human geography in the 1970s. Human geography was made more relevant to the socio-political reality by the emergence of these schools of thought. Consult the box below to know a little bit more about these schools of thought 1990s Post-modernism in geography The grand generalisations and the applicability of universal theories to explain human conditions were questioned. The Importance of understanding each local context in its own right was emphasised.
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Human Geography has a vast scope. Students can go on to have popular careers, including academics, researchers, cartographers, environmental consultants, urban planners, tourism officers, GIS specialists and demographers, among others.
Human Geography studies the inter-relationship between the physical environment and the human environment when both interact with each other.
Human Geography or anthropogeography is the study of the relationship between people, place and environment.
Humanisation of nature is when Man employs labour to re-direct natural energy and natural systems to achieve a social end.
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