The Fives Theme of Geography

The five themes are derived from geography's spatial concerns.

The five themes are:

1. Location: Location is how the location of people and places affect what happens and why.
2. Human-Environment: Human-environment is the the relationship between humans and the physical world.
3. Region: Region is an area with common features. 
4. Place: Places on Earth have unique human and physical characteristics. 
5. Movement: Movement is the ability to move of people, goods, and ideas across Earth. 

These themes are what brings together the many sub-fields of human geography and help to explain to non-geographers what human geographers do.


 Fouberg, Murphy, de Blij. Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture. 10th ed. Wiley, 2012. Print