Chorology Explained

Chorology (from Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wiktionary:χῶρος|χῶρος]], khōros, "place, space"; and Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wiktionary:-λογία|-λογία]], -logia) can mean

• the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region
• the study of the spatial distribution of organisms (biogeography).

In geography, the term was first used by Strabo. In the twentieth century, Richard Hartshorne worked on that notion again.^[1] The term was popularized by Ferdinand von Richthofen.^[2]

See also

• Chorography
• Khôra

Notes and References

1. Book: Cresswell, Tim . Place, A Short Introduction . Wiley . 2004.
2. Web site: GEO 466/566: The Profession of Geography . Valparaiso University . 2 October 1996 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211150811/http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo466/topics/germany.html . 11 February 2012.