时间地理学又称时空地理学，是瑞典地理学家托斯登·海格斯川所提出的概念，强调人类活动空间中的时间因素。他认为人类受到许多结构因素的影响使其在地表空间的生活范围出现限制。主要限制有三：

Time geography or time-space geography is an evolving transdisciplinary perspective on spatial and temporal processes and events such as social interaction, ecological interaction, social and environmental change, and biographies of individuals. Time geography "is not a subject area per se," but rather an integrative ontological framework and visual language in which space and time are basic dimensions of analysis of dynamic processes. Time geography was originally developed by human geographers, but today it is applied in multiple fields related to transportation, regional planning, geography, anthropology, time-use research, ecology, environmental science, and public health. "It is a basic approach, and every researcher can connect it to theoretical considerations in her or his own way."