Describe the dichotomy between physical phenomena and human beings.


The dichotomy between physical phenomena and human beings is not a valid one because nature and human beings are inseparable elements and should be seen holistically.

It is interesting to note that both physical and human phenomena are used as metaphore in using symbols from the human anatomy, for example the face of the earth, eye of the storm, mouth of the river etc. and even German geographer described state and country as living organisms and the out work of road, railway etc.

Hence, cannot separate the nature and human beings which are so intricately interviewed.

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Explain the three different school of thought in Human Geography.


The three different school of thought are explained below:

(i)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. 

(ii)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.

(iii)Behavioural 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.
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