ABSTRACT
Since 1951 most discussions about the region have referred to G. H. T. Kimble's criticism of the regional concept. Other critics refer to it as the final condemnation, while even advocates of regional method refer to it as if it might confound their arguments after all. It may be fruitful to imagine that Kimble's criticism had shown the concept to be inadequate, and to search for an alternative. The title 'The Inadequacy of the Regional Concept' implies that the concept is completely useless, because Kimble has said so. For his conclusion, Kimble returns to attack the geographer by saying that the work of description and analysis in any area is too great and therefore the only possible geography is systematic geography. In passing, he states flatly that regionalism aims to make geography a science, and that people should not establish city-regions. The most disturbing point in Kimble's criticism is the suggestion that regional description is an impossible task.
