Write a note on: Nature of Geography

Answer: Geography is the study of the earth as the home of man and of the spatial interaction between man and environment.

• Interdisciplinary: it takes help from natural sciences (geology, meteorology, botany) and social sciences (economics, sociology, history) and links them.
• Spatial science: it studies where things are located, why they are there and how places differ (areal differentiation).
• Study of man–environment relationship: it studies how the environment influences man and how man modifies the environment.
• Dynamic: the earth and human activities keep changing, so the subject keeps changing.
• Both physical and human: it has two main branches, physical geography and human geography.
• Uses its own tools: maps, field work, statistics, remote sensing, GIS and GPS.
• Applied: it helps in planning, resource management and disaster management.