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| - | Regional geography is the study of world regions. | + | Regional geography is the study of world regions. It represents social and economic relations, but is more focused on the cultural and political relations in spatial categories as spatial realities. Regional geography pays attention to the unique characteristics of a particular region such as natural elements, human elements, and regionalization which covers the techniques of delineating space into regions. Traditionally this form of geography referred to its object of study as a pre-given entity. This has changed in recent times and geographers such as [[Anthony Giddens]] and [[Nigel Thrift]] see regional geography as a contextual analysis of the social and economic processes of different regions. Because of this change in regional geography there are now two types of regional geography:[[contextual regional geography]] and [[compositional regional geography]]. Compositional is seen as the traditional regional geography, whereas contextual is seen as the answer to its flaws and as the more modern regional geography. |
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Thrift, N. (1983). On the determination of social action in space and time. Environment and Planning D. Society and Space 1, 23--56. | Thrift, N. (1983). On the determination of social action in space and time. Environment and Planning D. Society and Space 1, 23--56. | ||
| - | Werlen, B. (2009). Everyday Regionalizations. In: International Encyclopedia for Human Geography. Elsevier. | + | Werlen, B. (2009). Everyday Regionalizations. In: ''International Encyclopedia for Human Geography''. Elsevier. |
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Regional geography is the study of world regions. It represents social and economic relations, but is more focused on the cultural and political relations in spatial categories as spatial realities. Regional geography pays attention to the unique characteristics of a particular region such as natural elements, human elements, and regionalization which covers the techniques of delineating space into regions. Traditionally this form of geography referred to its object of study as a pre-given entity. This has changed in recent times and geographers such as Anthony Giddens and Nigel Thrift see regional geography as a contextual analysis of the social and economic processes of different regions. Because of this change in regional geography there are now two types of regional geography:contextual regional geography and compositional regional geography. Compositional is seen as the traditional regional geography, whereas contextual is seen as the answer to its flaws and as the more modern regional geography.
References:
Thrift, N. (1983). On the determination of social action in space and time. Environment and Planning D. Society and Space 1, 23--56.
Werlen, B. (2009). Everyday Regionalizations. In: International Encyclopedia for Human Geography. Elsevier.
Contributors
Published by --SamanthaHazlett 17:16, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Page edited by Aafke Brus --AafkeBrus 16:17, 24 October 2011 (CEST)
