Regional geography nearly died in the 1960s — what brought it back?

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Areal differentiation: the once-dominant claim that geography's job is describing how regions differ Why regional geography lost its dominance in the mid-twentieth century Behavioural geography vs spatial science: the split that shaped two generations Why the boundary between Europe and Asia runs along the Urals instead of a sea Rank-size rule versus primate city: how national urban systems take different shapes What turns a strip of the Earth's surface into a zone rather than a region Why zones are drawn as bands wrapping the globe while regions are not Why Africa is usually split into North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa in world regional schemes What each era's geography textbook reveals about what that era wanted to know Which world region the Caribbean belongs to and why the answer keeps changing