单词 | human geography |
释义 | > as lemmashuman geography human geography n. the branch of geography that deals with the activities of humankind as they affect or are influenced by the landscape; (also) the geographical features of a place or region as they relate to or are affected by humans or human activity. ΚΠ 1839 J. Simpson in Educator iv. 398 Men as divided into races and located in different parts of the earth present the science of Human Geography, or the Natural History of Man. 1895 Geogr. Jrnl. 6 375 The facts of human geography, like those of all other geography, are the resultant for the moment of the conflict of two elements, the dynamic and the genetic. 1936 Discovery Feb. 56/2 This map is a valuable contribution to human geography. 1959 Listener 6 Aug. 219/3 Endless information about the human geography of England at the end of the eleventh century. 1992 RTZ Rev. June 12/1 Physical and human geography and, of course, geology—are all disciplines which benefit from that bird's eye ‘synoptic’ view from above. < as lemmas |
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