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social science subjects > geography > human geography

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human geography  

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  • That part of geography that studies the ways in which people occupy and interact with the surface of the Earth. Drawing upon the arts, humanities and social sciences, human geography is concerned with the patterns and processes that typify people on Earth. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; human geography]

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