economic geography

American  

noun

1. a branch of geography that deals with the relation of physical and economic conditions to the production and utilization of raw materials and their manufacture into finished products.

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economic geography British  

noun

1. the study of the geographical distribution of economic resources and their use

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Etymology

Origin of economic geography

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

“The New Geography of Innovation” is an enjoyable book as well as a thoughtful discussion of how economic geography is changing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Ukraine’s government has encouraged entrepreneurs with grants, zero-interest loans and other financial support, with companies large and small restructuring and relocating, altering the country’s economic geography.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Nikos Kapitsinis, an assistant professor of economic geography at the University of Copenhagen, has studied patterns of excess deaths.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2022

“It’s a fundamentally different economic geography than we saw 30 years ago, and our politics seem to be following pretty closely,” said John Lettieri, president of the Economic Innovation Group.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2020

If we are to understand the conditions on which his progress depends, we must pay some attention to economic geography.

From The Negro Farmer by Kelsey, Carl