ABSTRACT
Human geography is concerned with the way in which people interact with the environment. This interaction often results in spatial patterns of one sort or another (e.g. patterns of land use within the city). Human geography is therefore very much concerned with the use of ‘space’. However, as Knox (1982: 2) argues,
space itself should not simply be regarded as the medium in which social, economic and political processes are expressed. It is of importance in its own right in contributing both to the pattern of urban development and to the nature of the relationships between different social groups within the city…. [Space]… also emerges as a significant determinant of the quality of life in different parts of the city because of variations in physical accessibility to opportunities and amenities.
