Human Geography / Nature and Scope — Geography STD 12 Humanities — Question

A Geographer, Griffith Taylor introduced another concept which reflects a middle path (Madhyam Marg) between the two ideas of environmental determinism and possibilism. He termed it as No determinism or stop and go determinism it means that possibilities can be created within the limits which do not damage the environment and there is no free run without accidents.
Example:-
Those of you who live in cities and those who have visited a city, might have been that traffic is regulated by light on the cross-roads.

1. Red light means 'stop'. amber light provides a gap between red & green lights 'to get set' and green lights means 'go'.
2. The concept shows that neither is there is situation of absolute necessity (environmental determinism) nor is the there a condition of absolute freedom (possibilism).
3. it means that human beings conquer nature by obeying it.
4. They have to respond to the red signals and can proceed in their pursuits of development when nature permits modifications.