Nature and Scope Of Geography And Geography As a Natural and Social Science. Nature Of Geography .Scope of Geography. Geography as a Natural Science. Geography as a Social science. Definitions of Geography. diagram of geography as natural and social science. last part is conclusion. ONLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE.

1. NATURE AND
SCOPE OF
GEOGRAPHY AND
GEOGRAPHY AS A
NATURAL AND
SOCIAL SCIENCE
By: Debutapa parichha

2. Scope of geography
CONTENT
Geography
Nature of geography
Geography as a natural science
Geography as a social science
Ch 1
Ch 2
Ch 3
Ch 4
Ch 5

3. GEOGRAPHY
 Eratosthenese first use the word Geography in combination
of two Greek words: “Geo” means Earth & “Graphia”
means Description.
 Geography is that supreme science which shows the earth
in a glimpse! –Ptolemy
 Geography has been called the “WORLD DISCIPLINE”
and the bridge between the “Human and Physical science”
 “Geography is the original science”-Carl Ritter

4. NATURE OF GEOGRAPHY
 Geography is both a natural and social science.
 Geography Investigates the inter relationships between human and its
environment.
 Modern geography emerged as the spatial science.
 Geography is about observing pattern and understanding the reason
behind a real differentiation.
 Geography is one of the important subject of understanding the spatial
science of the earth in relation with the components of physical and
human aspects.
 Geography seek to answer how,why,and where,how they developed
and will change over time.

5. SCOPE OF GEOGRAPHY
 In ancient time geography was limited to the description
of places or Earth only. in modern time along with the
study of places or surface, the relationship between
people and their environments become the subject
matter of geography.
 geography is similar to the bee in that it collects honey
from every bloom .

6. GEOGRAPHY
Physical
Geography
Human
Geography
Geomorphology
Climatology
Oceanography
Bio-geography
Soil geography
Social Geo
Settlement Geo
Urban Geo
Cultural Geo
Political Geo
Population Geo
Economic Geo
Anthropogeography
Astronomical
geo

7. GEOGRAPHY AS A NATURAL SCIENCE
 Natural science embraces both the biological and
physical sciences. It deals with the study of nature-
plants, animals, rocks, minerals matter and energy.
 Geography belongs to the field of natural science
because the physical Earth is its Central theme.
 All the branches of geography have an interface with
natural sciences.

8. GEOGRAPHY AS A
SOCIALSCIENCE
Social science deals with the organisation and the
development of human society and men as a member of
social groups.
Geography takes up the study of man as the architect of
the Earth surface.

10. CONCLUSION
All the disciplines have their own individual scope
this individuality does not obstruct the flow of
information as in case of all cells in the body that
have individual identity separated by membranes
but the flow of blood is not obstructed.