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'''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.
==Scope==
It encompasses [[human]], [[political]], [[cultural]], [[social]], and [[economics|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.
==Fields of human geography==
The main fields of study in human geography focus around the core of:
* [[Cultural geography]]
**Subfields include: [[Children's geographies]], [[Sexuality and space]], [[Animal Geographies]], [[Language geography]] & [[Religion geography]]
* [[Development geography]]
* [[Economic geography]]
**Subfields include [[Marketing geography]]
* [[Health geography]]
* [[Historical geography]]
**Subfields include [[Time geography]]
* [[Political geography]]
**Subfields include [[Electoral geography]], [[Geopolitics]], [[Strategic geography]] & [[Military geography]]
* [[Population geography]]
* [[Social geography]]
* [[Urban geography]]
* [[Tourism geography]]
** Subfields include [[Transportation geography]]
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:
* [[Behavioral geography]]
* [[Critical geography]]
* [[Feminist geography]]
* [[Marxist geography]]
* [[Non-representational theory]]
* [[Psychoanalytic geography]]
== List of notable human geographers ==
[[Image:Carl ritter.jpg|thumb|right|[[Carl Ritter]] - considered to be one of the founding fathers of modern geography]]
* [[Carl Ritter]] (1779 – 1859) - Considered to be one of the founding fathers of modern geography and first chair in geography at the [[University of Berlin]]. Also noted for his use of organic analogy in his works.
* [[Paul Vidal de la Blache]] (1845 - 1918) - Founder of the French School of [[Geopolitics]] and [[Possibilism (geography)|possiblism]].
* Sir [[Halford John Mackinder]] (1861 – 1947) - Author of [[The Geographical Pivot of History]], co-founder of [[London School of Economics]] along with the [[Geographical Association]].
* [[Carl O. Sauer]] (1889 – 1975) - Critic of [[Environmental determinism]] and proponent of [[Cultural ecology]].
* [[Walter Christaller]] (1893 – 1969) - Economic geographer and developer of [[Central Place Theory]].
* [[Richard Hartshorne]] (1899 – 1992) - Scholar in the history and philosophy of geography.
* [[Torsten Hägerstrand]] (1916 - 2004) - Critic of the [[quantitative revolution]] and [[regional science]] and a noted figure in [[critical geography]].
* [[Waldo R. Tobler]] (born 1930) - Developer of the [[First law of geography]].
* [[David Harvey (geographer)|David Harvey]] (born 1935) - world's most cited academic geographer and winner of the [[Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud]]. Also noted for his work in [[critical geography]] and on a critique of [[global capitalism]].
* [[Edward Soja]] (born 1941) - Noted for his work on regional development, planning and governance along with coining the terms [[Synekism]] and Postmetropolis.
* [[Allen J Scott]] (born 1938) Winner of [[Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud|Vautrin Lud Prize]] in 2003. Numerous books and papers on economic and urban geography. Known for his work on regional development, new industrial spaces, agglomeration theory, global city-regions, and the cultural economy.
* [[Doreen Massey (geographer)|Doreen Massey]] (born 1944) - Key scholar in the space and places of [[globalisation]] and its pluralities, winner of the [[Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud|Vautrin Lud Prize]].
* [[Nigel Thrift]] (born 1949) - Developer of [[Non-representational theory]].
* [[Gillian Rose (geographer)|Gillian Rose]] (born 1962) - Most famous for her critique: ''Feminism & Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge'' (1993) which was one of the first moves towards a development of [[feminist geography]]
==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Cloke|first=Paul J.| coauthors = et al |title=Introducing Human Geographies |publisher=Hodder Arnold, London |date=2005}}
*{{cite book|last=Daniels|first=Peter | coauthors = et al |title=An Introduction to Human Geography |publisher=Prentice-Hall, London |date=2004}}
*{{cite book|last=Johnston|first=R.J.|title=The Dictionary of Human Geography |publisher=Blackwell Publishers, London |date=2000}}
*{{cite book|last=Flowerdew|first=Robin| coauthors = Martin, David |title=Methods in Human Geography: A Guide for Students Doing a Research Project |publisher=Prentice-Hall, London |date=1997}}
*{{cite book|last=Johnston|first=R.J|title=Geographies of Global Change: Remapping the World |publisher=Blackwell Publishers, London |date=2002}}
*{{cite book|last=Cloke|first=Paul J.| coauthors = et al |title=Envisioning Human Geographies |publisher=Hodder Arnold, London |date=2004}}
*{{cite book|last=Blij |first=Harm J.De| coauthors = et al |title=Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts |publisher=John Wiley and Sons, London |date=2001}}
*{{cite book|last=[[Mike Crang|Crang]]|first=[[Mike Crang|Mike]]| coauthors = [[Nigel Thrift|Thrift, Nigel]] |title=Thinking Space |publisher=Routledge , London |date=2000}}
*{{cite book|last=Gregory, Martin & Smith, Eds.|first=Derik, Ron & Graham |title=Human Geography: Society, Space and Social Science|publisher=Macmillan, London |date=1994}}
* 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.
*{{cite book|last=[[Edward Soja|Soja]]|first=[[Edward Soja|Edward]]|title=Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory|publisher=Verso, London |date=1989}}
*{{cite book|last=Harvey|first=David|title=Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference|publisher=Blackwell Publishers, Inc., Malden, Mass. |date=1995}}
==AP Human Geography==
[[AP Human Geography|Advanced Placement Human Geography]] is a class that teaches the fundamentals of this subject matter.
==External links==
* [http://www.commoncensus.org CommonCensus Map Project] - Drawing a human-geographic map of the United States based on votes from its website
==References==
* {{cite book |last=de Blij |first= H.J. | coauthors = Alexander B. Murphy |title=Culture, Society, and Space | edition = 7th edition |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2000 |id=ISBN 0-471-44107-4 }}
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