Articles | Volume 54, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-54-199-1999
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-54-199-1999
31 Dec 1999
 | 31 Dec 1999

On the future of regional geography

G. Wood

Abstract. This contribution discusses possible future prospects of regional geography. This is done against the background of current socio-spatial developments and of various theoretical and conceptional debates as they are taking place mainly in English- and French-speaking countries. By taking central elements of modern conceptions of science as a basis possible regional geographie research issues will be identified which promise to be both aeademieally stimulating and socially relevant. A key concern is to show that regional geography can be regarded a viable research task living up to the Standards of modern conceptions of science, thereby casting off the dated yet still lingering image that regional geography is mere description or – worse still – environmental determinism.

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