文档介绍：人文地理
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
第一章绪论 Getting Started
第一节人文地理学的研究对象和任务
Geography and Human Geography
自然地理学
人文地理学
经济地理学
Geography and Human Geography
Evolution of the Discipline
Geography’s name was reputedly coined by the Greek Scientist Eraosthenes over 2200 years ago from the words geo, “the earth” and graphein, “to write.” From the beginning, that writing focused both on the physical structure of the earth and on the nature and activities of the people who inhabited the different lands of the known world.
Geography and Human Geography
Modern geography had its origins in the surge of scholarly inquiry that, beginning in the 17th century , gave rise to many of the traditional academic disciplines we know today.
( the rapid development of geology, botany, zoology, and other natural sciences by the end of the 18th century strengthened regional geographic investigation and increased scholarly and popular awareness of the intricate interconnections of things in space and between places. During the 19th century, national censuses, trade statistics, and ethnographic studies gave firmer foundation to human geographic investigation.)
Geography and Human Geography
By the end of the 19th century , geography had e a distinctive and respected discipline in universities throughout Europe and in other regions of the world.
Geography and Human Geography
Geography: Geography’s specialized subfields are not divisive but are interrelated. Geography in all its subdivisions is characterized by three dominating interests.
The first is in the areal variation of physical and human phenomena on the surface of the earth; it examines relationships between human societies and the natural environments that they occupy and modify.
Geography and Human Geography
The second is a focus on the spatial systems that link physical phenomena and human activities and societies in one are