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Human geography
Population density by country, 2007
Human geography, is a branch of geography that focuses on the 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 social sciences. While the major focus of human geography is not the physical landscape of the Earth (see physical geography) it is not possible to discuss human geography without going into the physical landscape on which human activities are being played out, and environmental geography is emerging as an important link between the two. Human geography is methodologically diverse using both qualitative methods and quantitative methods, including case studies, survey research, statistical analysis, and model building among others.
[edit] Fields of human geography
The main fields of study in human geography focus around the core of:
Within each of the subfields various philosophical approach can be used in research therefore an urban geographer could be a Marxist, Feminist, or Psychoanalytic geographer etc. Such approaches are:
[edit] List of notable human geographers
Carl Ritter - considered to be one of the founding fathers of modern geography
[edit] Further reading
- Cloke, Paul J.; et al (2005). Introducing Human Geographies. Hodder Arnold, London.
- Daniels, Peter; et al (2004). An Introduction to Human Geography. Prentice-Hall, London.
- Johnston, R.J. (2000). The Dictionary of Human Geography. Blackwell Publishers, London.
- Flowerdew, Robin; Martin, David (1997). Methods in Human Geography: A Guide for Students Doing a Research Project. Prentice-Hall, London.
- Johnston, R.J (2002). Geographies of Global Change: Remapping the World. Blackwell Publishers, London.
- Cloke, Paul J.; et al (2004). Envisioning Human Geographies. Hodder Arnold, London.
- Blij, Harm J.De; et al (2001). Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts. John Wiley and Sons, London.
- Crang, Mike; Thrift, Nigel (2000). Thinking Space. Routledge , London.
- Gregory, Martin & Smith, Eds., Derik, Ron & Graham (1994). Human Geography: Society, Space and Social Science. Macmillan, London.
- Moseley, W.G., D. Lanegran and K. Pandit (eds). (2007). The Introductory Reader in Human Geography: Contemporary Debates and Classic Writings. Malden, MA: Blackwell Press. ISBN 978-1-4051-4922-8.
- Soja, Edward (1989). Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory. Verso, London.
- Harvey, David (1995). Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference. Blackwell Publishers, Inc., Malden, Mass..
[edit] AP Human Geography
Advanced Placement Human Geography is a class that teaches the fundamentals of this subject matter.
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[edit] References
- de Blij, H.J.; Alexander B. Murphy (2000). Culture, Society, and Space, 7th edition, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-44107-4.
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