Question

How did the dualism in physical and human geography develop

Answer 1

Answer:

This dualism is the result of historical development of the discipline. In brief, geography does not fall into two groups, i.e., physical and human; these two are just the two extremes of a continuum. Hartshorne argues that if we divide geography into physical and human phenomena, we make the rest of the work illogical.

Thus, we study the effect of physical factors on man and man’s activities on land and not the physiological factor. Therefore, the division into physical and human is the cause of geography being only a partial study. In fact, all geographers realize that we could not possibly explain human choices and actions solely in terms of relationship with the natural environment. For geography, to have any value, the rift between physical and human phenomena must disappear.

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