Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the systematic 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

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It encompasses human, political, cultural, social, and economic aspects of the social sciences. While the major focus of human geography is not the physical landscape of the Earth (see physical geography) it is hardly possible to discuss human geography without referring to the physical landscape on which human activities are being played out, and environmental geography is emerging as an important link between the two.

Disciplines of Human geography

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Disciplines of Human Geography	Related Fields
Behavioral geography	Psychology
Cultural geography	Anthropology and Sociology
Development geography	Economic development
Economic geography	Economics
Environmental geography	Environmental science
Feminist geography	Feminism
Historical geography	History
Language geography	Linguistics
Marketing geography	Business
Health geography	Health Science
Military geography	Geostrategy
Political geography	Political science (including Geopolitics)
Population geography	Demography
Regional geography	Regionalisation
Religion geography	Religion
Social geography	Sociology
Strategic geography	Geostrategy
Urban geography	Urban studies and Planning

See also

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• Physical Geography
• Countries of the world

External links

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• http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_humangeo.html
• http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/hum.html
• CommonCensus Map Project - Drawing a human-geographic map of the United States based on votes from its website

References

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Anthropology | Human geography | Social sciences

Geografia humana | Daeryddiaeth ddynol | Geografía humana | Géographie humaine | Antropogeografija | 人文地理学 | 인류지리학 | Antropogeografia | Geografia humana | Kulturgeografi | 人文地理學 | Ανθρωπογεωγραφία