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M.A Geography
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Definition.
the field in Geography. Population geography & Demography. Population geography & other social sciences view of population studies. Conclusion.
Definition
variation, density, composition and growth of human numbers on Earth and their relationship with physical, cultural and economic phenomena.
Cont.
As the time passed the observation and the study
of diversity of populations that occupy the earth and their peculiar way of being organized to live and exploit their territory has give rise to multitude of scientific disciplines and, among them, to Human geography.
Cont.
In 1882,Ratzel published the first volume of his
work Anthropogeography or Geography of human which considered as the first modern treatise on human geography. with subtitle Foundation of the application of geography to history In 1891 the second volume was subtitled Geographical distribution of human from then on, the human geography has been enriched with the study of a host of facts that are the material and social expressions of human activity on earth.
As a field of study
Population geography hardly had relevance until
after world war II, perhaps for the lack of a solid theory about the nature and purpose of this part of geography. In 1950s a first generation of population geographers tried to give a scientific content to population geography as an individualized branch of human geography. but without disrupting it from the common trunk.
the second generation like; Noin, Chandna, Sidhu, Ortolani, Wood, e.t.c.
the same, even though geography look into other factors that affect population in more detail then the demography, as demography studies different aspect of population like its size, density, effects of birth rate, death rate, migration e.t.c. while geography add with the other inter-related factors with human number such as physical, cultural, economic phenomenon.
look at it base on the orientation of their disciplines e.g Economics demand and supply Sociology: social relations like literacy, family settings. Biology or Ecology which is concern with environment of man and other living things found together at the same environment.
Conclusion
Despite that geography Is the only subject or method of study that give population a best platform to be studied on, that has all the basic of all the other discipline within it, equipped geographer with all necessary information and explanation of all the earth phenomena and the man as the senior inhabitant. Population geographer need to be versatile.
References:
Chandna, R.C (2011) Geography of population
(concepts, determinants and patterns) Kalyani publishers, New Delhi. Jhingan. M.L etal.(2011) Demography (2nd revised edition) Vrinda publications(P) LTD, Delhi. www.bio.miami.edu/cmallery/150/handouts/c8 www.angelfire.com/go2/ibgeography/population.ht ml