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Social geography is the branch of human geography that is interested in the relationships between society and space, and is most closely related to social theory in general and sociology in particular, dealing with the relation of social phenomena and its spatial components.
Urban social geography is a sub-field within human geography, looking at the factors within an urban environment that affect human relationships on social, economic and political levels. Those human relationships then feed back into the factors which then shape dynamics of the actual city itself.
Pages in category "Social geography" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. [3] Geography has been called "a bridge between natural science and social science disciplines." [4]
Original mapping by John Snow showing the clusters of cholera cases in the London epidemic of 1854, which is a classical case of using human geography. Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography which studies spatial relationships between human communities, cultures, economies, and their interactions with the environment, examples of which include urban sprawl and urban ...
In social geography segregation of ethnic groups, social classes and genders is often measured by the calculation of indices such as the index of dissimilarity. Different dimensions of segregation (or its contrary) are recognized: exposure, evenness, clustering, concentration, centralization, etc. [ 1 ] More recent studies also highlight new ...
The sociology of space is a sub-discipline of sociology that mostly borrows from theories developed within the discipline of geography, including the sub fields of human geography, economic geography, and feminist geography. The "sociology" of space examines the social and material constitution of spaces.
Tourism geography – a study of travel and tourism, as an industry and as a social and cultural activity. Urban geography – the study of areas that have a high concentration of buildings and infrastructure. Environmental geography – a branch of geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural world.