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CCMP live session 19 (July 30th) Geog thought 3: Paradigms, QR, Br rev

Appreciation of geography includes understanding how geography evolved through the years. Kuhn's paradigms model is a good conceptualisation to trace the dominant phases in geography's history. In geography, the 2 most imp paradigms are Environmental Determinism and Quantitative Revolution. There are other paradigms too but none as dominant in influence. Quantitative revolution with its postivist orientation and promotion of geography in spatial sc paradigm has contributed to geography's richness. Very specific contributions as paradigm sub themes includes- 1. Iowa school, 2. Garrison's Washington school, 3. Hagerstrand's Lund school and his works on Innovation of diffusion concept, 4. Systems Approach 5. Regional science approach of Walter Isard, Behavioural Revolution or the Critical revolution of 1950s-1960s was in discontentment to extreme positivism and mechanical model of man under Quantitative Revolution. Under behavioural revolution, man and his perception found an expression in geographical studies. Humanistic geography tread an extreme path in acknowledging the role of individual differences in perception and interpretation environment. It pursued geography as a discipline to appreciate how this world is subjectively perceived by individuals. The goals and methods of humanistic geography included concepts of phenomenal world, hermeneutics, verstehn, the concept of place identity and topohila among others.