<h5 id="nature-of-human-geography">NATURE OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY</h5> <ul> <li>Human geography focuses on the relationship between the physical environment and the sociocultural environment created by humans.</li> <li>The physical environment consists of landforms, soils, climate, water, natural vegetation, and flora and fauna.</li> <li>Human beings have created various elements on the physical environment stage, including houses, villages, cities, road-rail networks, industries, farms, ports, and items of material culture.</li> <li>The physical environment has been significantly modified by human activities.</li> <li>In turn, the physical environment has impacted human lives.</li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="naturalisation-of-humans-and-humanisation-of-nature">Naturalisation of Humans and Humanisation of Nature</h5> <ul> <li>Technology is a product of cultural development, indicating the level of society’s understanding of natural laws.</li> <li>In primitive societies, human beings adapted to the natural environment (environmental determinism) due to low technological development.</li> <li>With social and cultural development, humans move from necessity to freedom, creating cultural landscapes and modifying the environment (humanisation of nature).</li> <li>The Naturalisation of Humans is depicted in the story of Benda, where nature is a powerful force, worshipped and conserved due to direct dependence for resources.</li> <li>The Humanisation of Nature is seen in Trondheim, where technology allows people to overcome natural constraints, creating a lifestyle that clicks away bananas from warmer areas.</li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="fields-and-sub-fields-of-human-geography">Fields and Sub-fields of Human Geography</h5> <ul> <li>Social Geography is a branch of Geography that interacts with various social sciences such as Sociology, Psychology, and Anthropology. Specific branches include:</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Behavioural Geography</li> <li>Geography of Social Well-being and Welfare Economics</li> <li>Gender Geography, intertwined with Sociology, Anthropology, and Women’s Studies</li> <li>Historical Geography with History</li> <li>Urban Geography, related to Urban Studies and Planning, Political Science, and Electoral Geography</li> <li>Population Geography, tied to Demography</li> <li>Settlement Geography, associated with Urban/Rural Planning</li> <li>Economic Geography, linked to Economics</li> <li>Geography of Resources and Geography of Agriculture, connected to Resource and Agricultural Economics</li> <li>Geography of Industries, related to Industrial Economics</li> <li>Geography of Marketing, connected to Business Studies, Economics, and Commerce</li> <li>Geography of Tourism and Geography of International Trade, associated with Tourism and Travel Management and International Trade</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Medical Geography is associated with Epidemiology</li> <li>Urban Geography can be further studied under Military Geography and Political Science</li> <li>Population Geography can be explored through Military Geography and Psephology</li> <li>Economic Geography can be examined through the lenses of Urban Geography and Military Geography.</li> </ul> <p>======</p>