人じん文ぶん地ち理り学がく

also: じんもんちりがく

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Meanings

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human geography

Academic field studying the relationship between humans and their environment, including population, culture, economy, and urban systems.

I'm majoring in human geography at university.

人じん文ぶん地ち理り学がくの視し点てんから都と市し化かを分ぶん析せきする。

Analyze urbanization from the perspective of human geography.

自し然ぜん地ち理り学がく
Physical geography; focuses on natural features and processes, while 人文地理学 focuses on human aspects.
地ち理り学がく
Geography in general; 人文地理学 is a subfield.

人文地理学
- じんぶんちりがく
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading じんぶんちりがく is the most common.
- じんもんちりがく
  Alternate reading; じんもん is a less common reading of 人文, but still encountered in some academic contexts.
じんもんちりがく

Compound of 人文 (humanities, human culture) + 地理学 (geography). The term is a direct translation of the English 'human geography'.