ABSTRACT

The world as a whole has become a prime area of study for the recently revived field of regional geography. Regions, irrespective of their scale, are no longer studied in isolation. The world is usually seen as the framework within which to study regions: it is ‘our oyster’ (Johnston 1985; see further: Buursink 1987; Pred 1984; De Pater and Van Ginkel 1987; Taylor 1985).