Which one of the following approaches did not emerge during 1970s?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Regional approach
In the 1970s, unhappiness with the quantitative revolution led to three new schools of human geography: humanistic, radical and behavioural.
Option (1) Regional approach — Did not emerge in the 1970s. Regional analysis was the approach of the later colonial period, long before the 1970s.
Option (2) Humanistic approach — Emerged in the 1970s. It is one of the three new schools of that decade.
Option (3) Radical approach — Emerged in the 1970s. It is one of the three new schools of that decade.
Option (4) Behavioural approach — Emerged in the 1970s. It is one of the three new schools of that decade.
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Table 1.1: Broad Stages and Thrust of Human Geography |
