Fundamental Concept of Human Geography

1. Location

It is defined as the particular place or position. It is an important term in geography. Most of the geographic starts with the study of location. Location is of two types:

a. Absolute Location
It provides a definite reference to locate a place. The reference can be latitude or longitude.
b. Relative Location
It describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to the other place.
2. Place
It refers to the physical and human aspects of the location. It is associated with toponym, site and situation of the place. Each place in the world has its own characteristics. Place usually have :
a. Human Characteristics
It includes the human designed cultural features of a place like livelihood, political system, transportation.
b. Physical Characteristics
It includes the description of the things such as mountain, rivers, beaches, etc
3. Accessibility
It is defined as the ability to reach a place with respect to another place. It refers to the ease of reaching destinations. It determines equal access and opportunity. It determines equal access and opportunity. The main component of accessibility in geography is location and distance.
4. Spatial Interaction

It involves the wide range of flows between nodes which includes human movement and movement of goods. These flows are important aspects of urban and regional dynamics. It is explained based on analogy with Newton's model of the Gravitational Attraction between body.