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Quantitative Revolution in Geography: Introduction

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Introduction

  • The quantitative revolution of 1950 s and 1960s happened in geography which changed its methodology from idiographic to nomothetic. This give the discipline a more scientific vision based on the spatial analysis objective by using statistical techniques. This was also a result of the positivist approach which paved the way for the easy acceptance of quantitative revolution in geography.
  • This methodology helped to make the geographical base for reality based on the spatial models. This revolution has changed the …

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Quantitative Revolution in Geography: The Path of Quantitative Revolution in the Discipline of Geography, the Criticism of Quantification in Geography

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The Path of Quantitative Revolution in the Discipline of Geography

The works which caused the rooting of quantitative revolution in geography were;

  • Neuman and Morgenstern՚s Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (1944)
  • Weiner՚s volume on Cybernetics (1948)
  • Human Behaviour and the Principle of Least Effort by Zipf (1949)
  • Stewart՚s paper entitled “Empirical Mathematical rules Concerning Distribution and Equilibrium of Population” (1947)

The effect of quantification in geography was evident in many…

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