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Question
How is human geography related to other social sciences?
Solution
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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