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प्रश्न
"The approaches to the study of human geography have been evolving over a period of time". How have these schools of thought changed the approaches of study to human geography?
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उत्तर
- Welfare or 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. Geographers have already introduced a paper as Geography of Social well-being in the Post Graduate curriculum.
- 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.
- The Behavioral 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.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name some sub-fields of human geography.
What are the different fields of Human Geography?
What are the sub-fields of Economic Geography?
Differentiate between:
Determinism and Possibilism
Explain the concept of ‘Determinism’ with suitable examples.
Mention the six sub-fields of economic geography.
Define Human geography. Give four examples of elements of material culture created by humans using the resources provided by nature.
What is the subject matter of the study of human geography? Explain any three facts.
“The knowledge and understanding of the laws of nature are extremely valuable to humankind”. Explain the values that can help to use the gifts of nature in a sustainable manner.
‘The primitive communities lived in complete harmony with their natural environment and as such the humans were naturalised.” Support the statement
Who gave the concept of Possibilism?
Name the school of thought of Human Geography that employed the Marxian theory.
Which of the following periods marked the emergence of spatial organisation approach in Human geography?
"Humans are restricted by the constraints of the natural environment." This idea can be described as ______.
The approach of spatial organisation emerged in Geography during which period?
The subject matter of population geography is taken from ______.
Match the following.
| Column I | Column II |
| A. Regional Analysis | 1. Elaborate description of region |
| B. Exploration and description | 2. Exploration of new areas |
| C. Areal differentiation | 3. Identification of uniqueness of any region |
| D. Spatial origin | 4. Use of computers |
“Nature provides opportunities and human beings use these opportunities. Slowly nature gets humanised.” The statement above describes which of the following idea?
Read the following approaches of human geography and choose the correct option of the chronological order:
- Exploration and description
- Spatial organisation
- Areal differentiation
- Regional analysis
Sub-field of political geography is ______.
Sub-field of Economic geography is ______.
"Human Geography is the study of the changing relationship between the unresting man and unstable earth." Support the statement.
Evaluate the dualisms that exist in Geography.
Which one of the following statements does not describe geography?
Which one of the following statements does not describe geography?
