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Regional geography
As a field of study, regional geography is concerned with understanding the spatial (regional
difference and uniqueness) and temporal (regional change and development) aspects of the
increasingly complex world we inhabit. In stark contrast to systematic geography, which is
primarily interested in describing the distribution of particular phenomena over the entirety
of the earth’s surface and uncovering the general rules governing these patterns, regional
geography has primary regard for the specificity of regions, places, and locales. As an
academic endeavour, regional geography is the backbone of the geographical discipline.
Nonetheless, its history is one characterised by ebb and flow, oscillating between periods of
strong approval and periods of strong rejection.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Geography and Environment
Citation
HARRISON, J. Regional geography. IN: Wright, J.D., (ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. 2nd edition. Elsevier, pp. 121–128.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2015Notes
Closed access. This article has been accepted for publication in the International Encyclopaedia of Social and Behavioural Sciences [© Elsevier; 2nd edition].ISBN
9780080970875Publisher version
Language
- en