Critical geography

From Geography

Critical geography can be seen as a critique on positivism introduced by the [Quantitative Revolution]. Several ideologies originated from this geography.

One of them is Behavioural Geography which was not new but made a comeback. It tries to challenge quantitative side of geography and provides a greater understanding of how people perceive space and place.

Radical Geography is the second ideological concept. It argues that quantative research is not usefull when there are no solutions nor alternatives. Therefore it argues that positivist quantative methods are useless.

The last and probably most accepted ideology is Humanistic Geography. It argues that human research should always be qualitative instead of quantitative.

References:

Harald, B., Engel-Di Mauro (2008). Critical Geographies: A Collection of Readings

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