GEOG 1HB3 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 –Studying Human Geography
25 Dec 2016
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Human geography incorporates a variety of philosophical perspectives in its approaches and analysis. o determinism o. Possibilism o empiricism o positivism o humanism o marxism. Within human geography, there are several central concepts that serve two primary endeavours: the need to establish facts (geographic literacy) and the need to understand and explain the facts (geographic knowledge). Human geographers also employ qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess human rela- tionships to their environment. Human geographers employ a variety of techniques of analysis based on the use of maps. Contemporary human geography has benefited from the information age: geographic information system (gis) o remote sensing. Accessibility a variable quality of a location, expressing the ease with which it may be reached from other locations. (p. 38) Agglomeration the spatial grouping of humans or human activities to minimize the distances be- tween them. (p. 38)
