What is the main difference between space and place in Humanistic Geography?

Space is an abstract, measurable extension, while place is space that has been invested with personal meaning, emotion, and cultural significance through human experience.

Who is considered the founding figure of Humanistic Geography and what are his key contributions?

Yi‑Fu Tuan is regarded as the founding figure; he introduced concepts such as topophilia, sense of place, place attachment, and experiential geography, emphasizing the affective bonds between people and their environment.

How does Humanistic Geography differ from Behavioural Geography in methodology?

Humanistic Geography adopts an idiographic, qualitative approach focusing on unique meanings and lived experiences, whereas Behavioural Geography uses nomothetic, quantitative methods like surveys and modelling to predict spatial behaviour based on cognitive maps and decision‑making processes.