Human geography in Anglo-America in the Twentieth Century

Abstract

Human geography in Anglo-America in the 20th century has gone through a significant process of transition. Prior to the scientific revolution of the 1960s, human geography was dominated primarily by several idiographic paradigms including environmental determinism, human ecology and regionalism. Dissatisfaction with the traditional exceptionalist approach has led geographers to explore the possibility of model building and law production. Recent development in the post-scientific revolution era has been characterized by a great diversity of ideas and approaches. Three major schools of thought appear to be prominent: humanism, behavioralism, and radicalism. Structuralism, globalism, environmentalism, and applied geography, are likely to accompany human geographers in the 21st century.