The origins of development geography are rooted in the discontent towards the logic of capitalism. With capitalists pursuit for capital accumulation, unavoidable uneven development may lead to detrimental results for man-land relations. As a subfield of geography, development geography values human development through sustainable man-land relationship. It is very much a normative discipline that calls for interventions from various forces in society. Indigenous empirical studies on man-land relations are numerous, but seldom can one come across a study with rigorous investigation of mechanisms that shape man-land relations.