economic geography

noun

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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Origin of economic geography

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby economic geography

econometrics, economic, economic cooperation administration, economic cycle, economic determinism, economic geography, economic geology, economic good, economic indicator, economic indicators, economic migrant

British Dictionary definitions for economic geography

economic geography

noun

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

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