Behavioral geography is one of the
branches of human geography that studies the behavior and actions of
individuals in societies within a specific geographical area. Interest in it
emerged in the sixties of the last century as a result of the influence of geography
on behavioral theories in psychology. It is defined as a historical movement
with multidisciplinary orientations associated with a number of concepts such
as environmental awareness. Behavioral and cognitive geography, cognitive
geography, image geography, and other concepts that are abundant in behavioral
sciences. Therefore, the study of this course includes several topics,
including the concept of behavioral geography, its methods, behavioral
theories, similarities and differences between it and human geography, the
development of behavioral thought in geography, and the relationship between
behavioral geography. environmental psychology and other topics.
Intended learning outcomes
After the student passes this course,
he will be able to become familiar with the concept of behavioral geography,
its methods and approaches, and its relationship to other sciences, and to
explain the role of the behavior of individuals in the geographical environment
in which they live and the resulting positives and negatives, and to identify
the most important social problems resulting from human behavior and ways to
address them.
Teaching and learning methods
Methods
of teaching this course include scientific lectures, research papers and panel
discussions.
Methods of assessments
Midterm
exam 20%.
Various
activities 20%.
Final
exam 60%.
The
passing score is 50%.
Chronological
distribution of course contents
The
first week, the concept of behavioral geography, its approaches and its
approaches.
The
second week is the relationship between behavioral geography and environmental
psychology
The
third week is the development of behavioral geography
Fourth
week behavioral theories
The
fifth week is the interrelationship between behavior and the natural environment
Week
Six: Similarities and differences between behavioral geography and human
geography
The
seventh week, using the behavioral approach in the different fields of
geography
Eighth
week midterm exam
The
ninth week reviews the importance of behavioral geography
The
tenth week, emotional behavior and its role in behavioral geography
The
eleventh week, studies in applied behavioral geography
The
twelfth week, the use of statistical methods in behavioral geographic studies
The
thirteenth week, environmental problems, their nature, and the origins of their
analysis and response
The
fourteenth week, ways to develop behavioral geography studies
The
fifteenth week discussing research papers
Sixteenth
week final exam
List
of references
:
1- Wael Abdullah
Ibrahim, A future vision for the development of behavioral geography studies,
Faculty of Arts, Mansoura University, 2022.
2- Mudar Khalil and
Muhammad Ahmed, Geography of Social Problems, Al-Kindi Publishing House,
Jordan, 2000 AD.
3- Saeed Muhammad
Al-Insan and the Problems of the Environment, Qatar Science House Foundation,
1981.
4- Muhammad Ibrahim
Salih, Behavioral Geography, Modern Additions to Geographical Thought, the
third symposium of the geography departments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
1987 AD.
5- Talaat Mansour,
Environment and Behavior, College of Arts, Kuwait University, 1982.
Note:
The course instructor determines the main reference for teaching the course,
and uses what he deems appropriate from the supporting references.
