Human Geography Nature and Scope.
Subject:- Geography
Chapter :- 1
By:- पढ़ाकूsapiens
Geography as a field of study is integrative, empirical and practical. Explain.
Integrative :-
- Holistic approach
- integrated because the world is system of interdependencies.
- Teaches interrelationship between man and nature .
- man depends on resources and resource development depends upon Technology.
Emperical :-
- based on observations.
- No theory based.
- Based on pure logic will stop studies the phenomena.
Practical :-
- has practical applicability
Geography is extensive and each and every event of phenomena which varies over space and time can be studied geographically.
Why dichotomy between the physical and human is not valid?
- Dichotomy between physical and human is not a very valid one.
- Nature and human are inseparable elements.
- They should be seen holistically.
- Nature is described using metaphors that of a human anatomy face of the earth, eye of storm, mouth of the river , snout of glacier, neck of the Isthamus and profile of soil
- similarly region’s villages towns are described as organisms
- hence they are in inseparable as they are intricately intertwined.
“Human Geography is the synthetic study of relationship between human societies and earth’s surface” --RATZEL
- Laid foundation of human Geography.
- Emphasized on synthesis.
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- Human societies and earth surface are enveloped together.
“Human Geography is the study of the changing relationship between the unresting man and unstable Earth.” --SEMPLE
- There is dynamism in the relationship of man and nature
- Increasing needs of man and changes occurring on earth NeitheR are stable.
“Conception resulting from a more synthetic knowledge of the physical laws governing our earth and of the relations between the living beings which in habit it.” ---PAUL VIDAL DE LA BLACHE
- Offers a new conception of the interrelationships between earth and human beings.
- Introduction of possibilism
What does human geography study?
- Human Geography studies the interrelationship between the physical environment and social cultural environment created by human beings through mutual interaction with each other.
- Elements Of physical environment include landforms of soils climate water natural vegetation and diverse flora and fauna
- Houses villages Road Rail Network Industries forms items of a daily use and all other elements of material culture have been created by human using the resources provided by the physical environment.
- While physical environment has been greatly modified by human beings it has also intern impacted the human life.
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