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	Encyclopedia: Regional-geography
		Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth.
		By the 18th century, geography had become recognized as a discrete discipline and became part of a typical university curriculum in Europe (especially Paris and Berlin), although not the in United Kingdom where geography was generally taught as a sub-discipline of other subjects.
		Regional Science comprises the body of knowledge in which the spatial dimension plays a fundamental role, such as regional economics, resource management, location theory, urban and regional planning, transportation and communication, human geography, population distribution, landscape ecology, and environmental quality.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Regional_geography (2248 words)

	Geography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geography is the study of the locational and spatial variation of both natural and human phenomena on Earth.
		Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with various environments.
		While the major focus of human geography is not the physical landscape of the Earth (see Physical geography) it is hardly possible to discuss human geography without referring to the physical landscape on which human activities are being played out, and environmental geography is emerging as a link between the two.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography (1861 words)

	Regional geography Article, Regionalgeography Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the West during the 20th century, the discipline of geography wentthrough four major phases: environmentaldeterminism, regional geography, the quantitativerevolution, and critical geography.
		Urban planning and regional planning use the science of geography to assist in determining how to develop (or not develop)the land to meet particular criteria, such as safety, beauty, economic opportunities, the preservation of the built or naturalheritage, etcetera.
		Regional Science comprises the body of knowledge in which thespatial dimension plays a fundamental role, such as regional economics, resource management, location theory, urban and regional planning, transportation and communication, human geography, populationdistribution, landscape ecology, and environmentalquality.
	www.anoca.org /science/geographic/regional_geography.html (1878 words)

	Regional geography
		Geography and Planning - All you need to know about studying geography and/or urban and regional planning at the University of New England, full-time or by distance education.
		Department of Geography - Geology - Teaching and research in Geography explores spatial patterns of human-environment interaction as well as urban, political, and regional sub-disciplines of Geography.
		Physical Geography and Geology teaching and research involves the scientific investigation of the nature of the Earth's interior, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere in four dimensions.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Regional_geography.html (561 words)

	Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Geography is the study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth.
		The Greekss are the first known culture to actively explore geography as a science and philosophy, with major contributors including Thales of Miletus, Herodotus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Aristotle, Dicaearchus of Messana, Strabo, and Ptolemy.
		By the 18th century, geography had become recognized as a discrete discipline and became part of a typical university curriculum.
	www.enlightenweb.net /g/ge/geography.html (1855 words)

	Lakehead University: Department of Geography: Home
		Geography is the study of spatial patterns and processes on the surface of the earth, mainly in the context of human activities.
		Geography explores where people and activities are located, why they are located where they are, what changes are occurring in these patterns, what impacts these changes are likely to have on human and physical environments, and what should be done about these impacts.
		Physical geography deals with spatial aspects of the atmosphere, land surface and waters while human geography is concerned with cultural, political and economic forces that lie behind the distribution of human activities.
	bolt.lakeheadu.ca /~geogwww/geoghp.html (175 words)

	USIA - Portrait of the USA, Ch. 2
		Yet the country still exhibits marks of regional identity, and one way Americans cope with the size of their country is to think of themselves as linked geographically by certain traits, such as New England self-reliance, southern hospitality, midwestern wholesomeness, western mellowness.
		The region's fertile soil made it possible for farmers to produce abundant harvests of cereal crops such as wheat, oats, and corn.
		The regional population is growing rapidly, with Arizona in particular rivaling the southern states as a destination for retired Americans in search of a warm climate.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/facts/factover/ch2.htm (3041 words)

	2005-2006 UAF Catalog
		Geography provides an organized view of the earth as a whole and of its regions and human activities.
		Geography serves as a bridge between the natural and social sciences by studying the interrelationships between the earth's physical and biological systems, and how these environmental systems provide a natural resource base for human societies.
		The geography B.S. degree is subtitled "environmental studies." The program provides the foundation necessary for understanding the natural and social environment, the analysis of environmental issues from an interdisciplinary geographic perspective, a diverse technical and scientific approach to environmental issues, and the ability to find balanced solutions to environmental problems.
	www.uaf.edu /catalog/current/programs/geography.html (386 words)

	Regional geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Journal of Cultural Geography A biannual publication that covers all aspects of cultural geography sponsored by the Geography Department at Oklahoma State University.
		The Distinctiveness of Geography Systematic development of a series of definitions of various aspects and subdisciplines of Geography.
		Economic and Business Geography Outlines several definitions of economic geography and discusses research issues related to the field.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Regional_geography.html (367 words)

	Regional Geography
		Shaul Cohen’s primary regional focus is on territorial dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict, particularly the tactics and concepts that underpin geographic conceptions of space and place as reflected in conflicts between and within communities in Israel, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.
		She is interested in contemporary politics, economics and cultural transformations in the region, particularly as they relate to globalization and neoliberal restructuring.
		In both regions he is interested in the interactions between social, political, and cultural change and human interactions with the environment.
	geography.uoregon.edu /regional (868 words)

	GVSU Online Catalog: Geography and Planning Program
		Geography is one of the most ancient fields of study -- and one of the most up to date as well.
		Geography seems to satisfy that curiosity, by studying the physical earth (mountains and rivers, weather and climate, plants and animals) and the earth as the home of people (agriculture and industry, politics and religion, city blocks and entire countries).
		Geography students will not only study where things are located but why things are located where they are, particularly with respect to the relationship between people and the environment.
	www.gvsu.edu /prevcat/catalog98-99/gv028geg.html (1485 words)

	Regional geography
		Freeman, D., Fleischer, A., and Felsenstein, D. The regional economic impact of a college: The case of Maale Efraim.
		Regional cooperation in air transport: Israel and the Palestinians.
		Regional disparities: The Canadian case in the theoretical context.
	www.bgu.ac.il /NCRD/bib1/val/Regional-geography.htm (1798 words)

	Courses in Regional Geography
		An overall view of how the lands and peoples of the world are organized into coherent geographical regions, how landscapes differ from region to region, and how the people differ in terms of their traits, beliefs, ways of life, and economic livelihood.
		Regionalism as a geographical, economic, political, and cultural entity.
		In-depth treatment of a geographic region, a particular regional problem, or the methodology of regional geography.
	www.umt.edu /geograph/courses/regional.htm (361 words)

	Department of Geography - Welcome
		Geography focuses on the spatial dimensions of human activities and physical landscapes.
		Geography majors are encouraged to develop individualized programs meeting their specific needs, in consultation with the adviser.
		Either physical geography, or the human/regional geography sequences may be counted toward AandS requirements.
	www.geography.uc.edu (163 words)

	Department of Geography and Regional Planning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Regional planning is concerned with the social, locational, and environmental aspects of these planning decisions.
		Geography and Regional Planning are in the same department, because “Planning is the art of which geography is the science.” Employment opportunities for geographers and regional planners are excellent.
		A minor in geography or regional planning is appropriate for majors in all other fields of the natural and social sciences.
	www.iup.edu /registrar/0304/HSS/georegi.shtm (1447 words)

	University Of Vermont :: Department Of Geography : All Geography Courses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		60 Geography of Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. - Examination of the ways in which spatial and locational processes shape and are shaped by ethnic and racial identities, struggles, and relationships.
		Intensive study of the geography of a country or region, with attention to related issues.
		145 Geography of Water - (Same as NR 102.) Examination of the spatial dimensions of water distribution from local to global scales, and the social, political, and economic dimensions of its use.
	www.uvm.edu /~geograph/geography.html (1339 words)

	The Power of Place: World Regional Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Introduces students to geography through creative and insightful examination of the many geographic forces currently at work in shaping the complex features of the world's civilizations and environments.
		The Power of Place: World Regional Geography is a geography telecourse that provides a creative and insightful examination of the many geographic forces currently at work in shaping the complex features of the world's civilizations and environments.
		It builds an understanding of geography by examining the eleven regions of the world and their interconnectedness and explains the modern world's great geographic realms and their human and physical contents, their assets and liabilities, links and barriers, potentials and prospects.
	www.whyy.org /homecollege/telecoursedescriptions/power_place.htm (4796 words)

	Johns Hopkins University Press \| Books \| Across This Land
		Based on decades of research and written in clear, concise prose by one of the foremost geographers in North America, John C. Hudson's Across This Land is a comprehensive regional geography of the North American continent.
		The first extensive regional geography of the North American continent in over seventy-five years, Hudson's Across This Land will become the standard text in geography courses dealing with Canada and the U.S. as well as a popular reference work for scholars, students, and lay readers.
		John C. Hudson is a professor of geography and director of the Program in Environmental Sciences at Northwestern University and the first recipient of the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize for popular books in American human geography, awarded by the Association of American Geographers.
	www.press.jhu.edu /books/title_pages/1064.html (478 words)

	W. H. Freeman Publishers - World Regional Geography
		In this new edition, the main geographic issues in a region, as well as present and future trends and concepts of scale, are reinforced by critical thinking questions at the end of each chapter and on the Web.
		Stanley Brunn, University of Kentucky--North America and Europe Professor Brunn's teaching and research interests are in political, social, and urban geography, the human geographies of the 21st century, and the geographies of knowledge.
		She also works in the fields of geography of religion in general – especially pilgrimage studies and sacred places, geographic education, and women in development issues.
	www.whfreeman.com /college/book.asp?disc=&id_product=1149000101&compType=NEWF (762 words)

	Geography Department
		Geography is the study of the earth as the home of humanity.
		The bachelor’s degree in geography may be effectively combined with subject matter studies necessary for either the multiple subject teaching credential (K-8) or single subject credential (7-12) in social studies.
		The major consists of at least 39 units of geography, of which at least 21 units must be in upper-division courses.
	www.fullerton.edu /catalog/academic_departments/geog.asp (2789 words)

	Welcome to CSUN's Geography Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Geography Department at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is one of the largest in the nation.
		Geography students not only benefit from classroom instruction, but are also given opportunities to participate in environmental research projects, or advanced research in physical laboratories analyzing specimens collected in the field.
		For more information about the Geography Department, browse through the links on the left side of the page.
	www.csun.edu /~hfgeg003 (241 words)

	Western Illinois University Department of Geography
		For over eighty years, the Department of Geography has a proud tradition of producing quality graduates who serve in positions of education, industry, business, and government.
		The department's meteorology program is one of two meteorology programs in Illinois that meet the National Weather Service requirements for employment as a meteorologist and it is the only meteorology program in the state with its own weather radar system (one of the few in the United States having this state-of-the-art technology).
		Most planning students go on to positions at local, regional, state, and private-sector agencies.
	www.wiu.edu /users/migeog (217 words)

	Contemporary World Regional Geography Information Center: About the Authors
		The world regional approach represents the breadth of the field of geography, and world regional geography texts are the epitome of the geographer's art.
		Dydia DeLyser is an assistant professor of geography at Louisiana State University, where she has taught world regional geography to thousands of students.
		The study of world regional geography must combine an understanding of broad, large-scale forces with an equally deep understanding of what is local, small-scale, and unique-for it's the combination of those two that makes us who we are.
	highered.mcgraw-hill.com /sites/0072549750/information_center_view0/about_the_authors.html (1215 words)

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