Question

In this lesson, we identified many uses of geography. One example is urban planning. How would geography be useful in helping to plan the future of a community? Give your response in the form of a short paragraph.

Answer 1

These examples of different uses of the geographic perspective help explain why geographic study and research is important as we confront many 21st century challenges, including environmental pollution, poverty, hunger, and ethnic or political conflict.

Because the study of geography is so broad, the discipline is typically divided into specialties. At the broadest level, geography is divided into physical geography, human geography, geographic techniques, and regional geography.