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BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHYy

Physical geography: Physical geography (or physiography) focuses on geography as an Earth science. It aims to understand the physical problems and the issues of lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere, and global flora and fauna patterns (biosphere).

1. Coastal geography
2. Biogeography
3. Geomorphology
4. Glaciology
5. Climatology & MeteorologyHydology and Hydrography
6. Environmental management
7. Geodesy
8. Landscape ecology
9. Pedology
10. Palaeogeography
11. Oceanography
12. Quaternary science

Human geography: Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape the human society. It encompasses the human, political, cultural, social, and economic aspects.  Human geography can be divided into many broad categories, such as:

1. Cultural geography 
2. Development geography 
3. Economic geography
4. Religion geography
5. Historical & Time geography
6. Political geog. & Geopolitics
7. Demography
8. Social geography
9. Transportation geography
10. Urban geography

Integrated geography: Integrated geography is the branch of geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural world. It requires an understanding of the traditional aspects of the physical and the human geography, as well as the ways that human societies conceptualize the environment.

Integrated geography has emerged as a bridge between the human and the physical geography, as a result of the increasing specialization of the two sub-fields. Furthermore, as human relationship with the environment has changed as a result of globalization and technological change, a new approach was needed to understand the changing and dynamic relationship. Examples of areas of research in the environmental geography include: emergency management, environmental management, sustainability, and political ecology.

Geomatics: Geomatics is a branch of geography that has emerged since the quantitative revolution in geography in the mid 1950s. Geomatics has also led to a revitalization of some geography departments, especially in Northern America where the subject had a declining status during the 1950s. Geomatics involves the use of traditional spatial techniques used in cartography and topography and their application to computers. Geomatics has become a widespread field with many other disciplines, using techniques such as Geography Information System (GIS) and remote sensing.

Geomatics encompasses a large area of fields involved with spatial analysis, such as Cartography, Geographic information systems (GIS), Remote sensing, and Global positioning systems (GPS).
 

Regional geography: Regional geography is a branch of geography which studies the regions of all sizes across the Earth. It has a prevailing descriptive character. The main aim is to understand, or define the uniqueness, or character of a particular region that consists of natural as well as human elements. Attention is paid also to rationalization, which covers the proper techniques of space delimitation into regions.

Regional geography is also considered as a certain approach to study in geographical sciences (similar to quantitative or critical geographies.

 

 

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