Time geography or time-space geography traces its roots back to the Swedish geographer Torsten Hägerstrand

Torsten Hägerstrand

Torsten Hägerstrand , was a Swedish geographer. He is known for his work on migration, cultural diffusion and time geography....

 who stressed the temporal factor in spatial human activities. The time-space path, devised by Hägerstrand, shows the movement of an individual in the spatial-temporal environment with the constraints placed on the individual by these two factors. Three categories of constraints were identified by Hägerstrand:

Time geography is that branch of human science which deals with the study of temporal factor on spatial human activities with constraints like authority, capability and coupling.

1. Authority - limits of accessibility to certain places or domains placed on individuals by owners or authorities
2. Capability - limitations on the movement of individuals, based on their nature. For example, movement is restricted by biological factors, such as the need for food, drink, and sleep
3. Coupling - restraint of an individual, anchoring him or her to a location while interacting with other individuals in order to complete a task

The methods associated with time geography have been criticized by a number of postmodern and feminist

Feminist geography

Feminist geography is an approach in human geography which applies the theories, methods and critiques of feminism to the study of the human environment, society and geographical space.-Areas of study:...

geographers .