Environmental geography
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- | '''Human geography''' is one of the two major subfields of [[geography]]. Human geography is the study of [[human]] use and understanding of the [[Earth]] and the process which have affected this. It is linked to both [[social science]] and the [[humanities]]. | + | |
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- | Human geography broadly differs from [[physical geography]] in that it has a greater focus on studying intangible or abstract patterns surrounding human activity and is more receptive to [[Qualitative research|qualitative research methodologies]]. It encompasses [[human]], [[politics|political]], [[culture|cultural]], [[social]] and [[economics|economic]] aspects of the [[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 with which human activities are being played out and [[environmental geography]] which is an important link between the two. | + | |
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- | Human geography is both methodologically and theoretically diverse, including [[Feminist geography|feminist]], [[marxist]], [[poststructuralism|post-structural]] approaches, among others, and using both [[qualitative research|qualitative methods]] (such as [[ethnography|ethnographies]] and interviews) and [[quantitative research|quantitative methods]] (such as [[statistical survey|survey research]], [[statistics|statistical analysis]] and model building). | + | |
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