Abstract
Abstract Geography is an integrative discipline to which society has assigned responsibility for the study of areas. It is expected to satisfy human curiosity about how much of what is where, and why it is there, in an organized manner that will facilitate comprehension and retention. Geography must be both an art and a science, because understanding the meaning of area cannot be reduced to a formal process. The discipline deals with an enormous range of phenomena and must provide a congenial home for many different kinds of practitioners. Geography has survived repeated misguided attempts to “make it into a Science” by amputating vital parts of the discipline. Systematic geography generates theories to facilitate an understanding of regions, and regional geography is the proving ground where theories are rested empirically. The idea of the region provides the essential unifying theme that integrates the diverse subdisciplines of geography. The highest form of the geographer's art is the production of evo...
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