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Macro-regional differentiation of the world: Authors’ concept and its application Cover

Macro-regional differentiation of the world: Authors’ concept and its application

By: J. Anděl,  I. Bičík and  J. D. Bláha  
Open Access
|Sep 2018

Abstract

This article is a continuation of the same authors’ study entitled ‘Concepts And Delimitation Of The World’s Macro-Regions’ prepared for the 1/2018 of this journal (Anděl et al. 2018). The main aim of the first part was an evaluation of the concepts and factors which have been used as a basis for the delimitation of the different macro-regions of the world. In this second part, the authors propose their own macro-regionalisation of the world – this is a combination of four concepts, with relatively different contents: those of De Blij and Muller (1997), Cole (1996), Huntington (1996) and Hampl (2009). This macro-regionalisation arises from sociocultural affiliation, economic interrelationships and territorial continuity. Along with the concept of the macro-regional differentiation of the world itself, we focus on evaluating the importance of the shaping of macro-regions, as well as assessing the positive and negative features of individual concepts and their influence on the macro-regional differentiation of the world.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0025 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 117 - 122
Submitted on: Dec 18, 2017
Accepted on: Aug 21, 2018
Published on: Sep 30, 2018
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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