Human geography
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Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the systematic study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth's surface. It encompasses human, political, cultural, social, and economic aspects of the social sciences. While the major focus of human geography is not the physical landscape of the Earth (see physical geography) it is hardly possible to discuss human geography without referring to the physical landscape on which human activities are being played out, and environmental geography is emerging as an important link between the two.
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Disciplines of human geography
Main disciplines of human geography with the most developed theory and methodology can be considered (according to Progress in Human Geography journal):
Other fields of study that can be in the same time considered as parts of the above are:
- Language geography
- Religion geography
- Development geography
- Business geography
- Military geography
- Strategic geography
- Urban geography
- Rural geography
- Health geography
... and many others
The unique place has Population geography which forms the basis for them all.
Approaches to study
Behavioral geography examines the cognitive processes underlying spatial reasoning, decision making, and behavior. Example is behavioral economic geography.
Feminist geography is an approach to study which applies the theories, methods and critiques of feminism to the study of the human environment and society.
Regional geography can be considered as an approach to study in the whole geography which focuses on place (region) as a unique entity which consists of natural as well as human elements.
Historical geography examines the geographies of the past.
See also
External links
- http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_humangeo.html
- http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/hum.html
- CommonCensus Map Project - Drawing a human-geographic map of the United States based on votes from its website
References
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- The Dictionary of Human Geography ed. by R. J. Johnston, Derek Gregory, Geraldine Pratt, Blackwell Publishers, 2000, 4th edition, ISBN 0631205616
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