摘要：This contribution discusses possible future prospects of
regional geography. This is done against the background
of current socio-spatial developments and of
various theoretical and conceptional debates as they are
taking place mainly in English- and French-speaking
countries. By taking central elements of modern conceptions of science as a basis possible regional geographie research issues will be identified which promise
to be both aeademieally stimulating and socially relevant. A key concern is to show that regional geography
can be regarded a viable research task living up to the
Standards of modern conceptions of science, thereby
casting off the dated yet still lingering image that regional geography is mere description or – worse still –
environmental determinism.
