“The approaches to the study of human geography have been evolving over a period of time”………………..

Question 9:“The approaches to the study of human geography have been evolving over a period of time”. How have these schools of thought changed the approaches of study to human geography?

The correct answer is -“The approaches to the study of human geography have been
evolving over a period of time”. How have these schools of
thought changed the approaches of study to human geography?
● Welfare or humanistic school of thought in human
geography was mainly concerned with the different
aspects of social well-being of the people. These included
aspects such as housing, health and education.
Geographers have already introduced a paper as
Geography of Social well-being in the Post Graduate
curriculum‟.
● Radical school of thought employed Marxian theory to
explain the basic cause of poverty, deprivation and social
inequality. Contemporary social problems were related to
the development of capitalism.
● The Behavioral school of thought laid great emphasis on
lived experience and also on the perception of space by
social categories based on ethnicity, race and religion, etc.