Arrange the following approaches of human geography in order of their emergence.
(A) Post-modernism
(B) Areal Differentiation
(C) Spatial Organisation
(D) Regional Analysis
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (D), (B), (C), (A)
(D) Regional Analysis — first. It belongs to the later colonial period, when all aspects of a region were described in detail.
(B) Areal Differentiation — second. It came in the 1930s, through the inter-War period, and looked for what makes each region unique.
(C) Spatial Organisation — third. It came in the late 1950s to the late 1960s, the phase of the quantitative revolution.
(A) Post-modernism — last. It came in the 1990s, when the importance of each local context was stressed.
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NCERT (2026-27): Fundamentals of Human Geography — Chapter 1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope
Table 1.1: Broad Stages and Thrust of Human Geography |
