Arrange the following approaches of human geography from oldest to newest.
A. Regional Analysis
B. Spatial Organization
C. Postmodernism
D. Humanism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A, B, D, C
(A) Regional Analysis — the later colonial period, when every aspect of a region was described in detail.
(B) Spatial Organization — the late 1950s to the late 1960s, the quantitative revolution, with computers and statistical tools.
(D) Humanism — the 1970s, when the humanistic, radical and behavioural schools grew out of discontent with the quantitative revolution.
(C) Postmodernism — the 1990s, when universal theories were questioned and the local context was stressed.
NCERT: Fundamentals of Human Geography — Chapter 1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope (2025-26)
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