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प्रश्न
How is human geography related to other social sciences?
उत्तर
Human geography attempts to explain the relationship between all elements of human life and the space they occur over. Thus, human geography assumes a highly interdisciplinary nature. It develops close interface with sister disciplines in social sciences in order to understand and explain human elements on the surface of the earth. With the expansion of knowledge, new sub-fields emerge and it has further expanded realm of human geography.
Example Within social geography there are following sub fields with the interface with sister disciplines of social sciences:
Behavioural geography -Psychology
Geography of social well-being - Welfare Economics
Geography of Leisure - Sociology
Cultural Geography - Anthropology
Gender Geography - Sociology, Anthropology, Women’s Studies
Historical Geography - History Medical Geography - Epidemology
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name some sub-fields of human geography.
State some examples of metaphors used to describe the physical and human phenomena.
Differentiate between Physical Environment and Cultural Environment.
Differentiate between Determinism and Possibilism.
Differentiate between Nomothetic and Ideographic.
What is the new concept of Griffith Taylor in the field of Human geography? Describe this concept with examples.
Explain the concept of Possibilism with suitable examples.
Explain the concept of ‘Determinism’ with suitable examples.
Mention the six sub-fields of economic geography.
“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.
“Nature and humans are inseparable elements”. Justify the statement with suitable examples.
Who gave the concept of ‘stop and go determinism’?
Which of these is not a characteristic of the study of Geography?
Who coined determinism?
Which element is not a part of the physical environment?
When we can imagine the presence of a naturalized human?
'The Radical School of Geography' was influenced by which of the following?
Which of the following periods marked the emergence of spatial organisation approach in Human geography?
Health resorts on high lands, ports on the coasts, and satellites in the space, are termed as which type of interaction?
Arrange the following features of Human Geography as per their period of origin?
- Emergence of three new schools of thought.
- Use of sophisticated statistical tools.
- Universal theories to explain human conditions were questioned.
- Elaborate description of all aspects of a region were undertaken.
How is 'Naturalisation of Humans' different from 'Humanisation of Nature'?
"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?
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
"Human Geography is the study of the changing relationship between the unresting man and unstable earth." Support the statement.
