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For well over a decade, many professional geographers in the United States have demonstrated considerable interest in the applied aspects of their discipline. Their attention has been focused on job opportunities rather than geography’s traditional role as a problem-solving discipline that contributes to a broad, well-rounded, liberal arts education. A similar pattern developed later in Canada, and it spread to England shortly thereafter. The ‘applied movement’ is today well ensconced in academic geography programs in many countries.
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- Geographic Research
- American Geographer
- Cultural Geographer
- Specialty Group
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Kenzer, M.S. (1989). Applied Geography: Overview and Introduction. In: Kenzer, M.S. (eds) Applied Geography: Issues, Questions, and Concerns. The GeoJournal Library, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0471-2_1
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