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Record 1 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Geography
  • Social Organization
DEF

[the branch of knowledge relating to] the study of a given geographical location or particular demographic group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie humaine
  • Organisation sociale
CONT

Notre discipline s’est bien distancée de la traditionnelle «géographie régionale» [...] Or, bien que nous ayons souvent porté notre regard vers des sujets relatifs à la frontière canado-américaine, de nouveaux dossiers interdisciplinaires faisant appel à des études territoriales et reliés aux régions émergentes du nouvel ordre économique mondial (la Chine, les pays côtiers du Pacifique, l’Asie du Sud, etc.) ont pris beaucoup d’importance.

Spanish

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