<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The authors focus on the current differentiation of the world and on its cognitive, application and educational frameworks and importance for the present. Macro-regional differentiation of the world has resulted from geographic concepts and it is a foundation for understanding the global development of society. This article evaluates the specific concepts and factors that form concepts of world macro-regions prepared by famous authors. It also presents a methodological approach for macro-regional forming of the world. After a theoretical and methodological introduction there is a discussion of the differentiation of the world entitled “Macro-regional differentiation of the world – formation and application.” The authors also present their conception of world differentiation and evaluation of the creation macro-regions and their positive and negative influence of the macro-regional differentiation of the world.</p></abstract>

The authors focus on the current differentiation of the world and on its cognitive, application and educational frameworks and importance for the present. Macro-regional differentiation of the world has resulted from geographic concepts and it is a foundation for understanding the global development of society. This article evaluates the specific concepts and factors that form concepts of world macro-regions prepared by famous authors. It also presents a methodological approach for macro-regional forming of the world. After a theoretical and methodological introduction there is a discussion of the differentiation of the world entitled “Macro-regional differentiation of the world – formation and application.” The authors also present their conception of world differentiation and evaluation of the creation macro-regions and their positive and negative influence of the macro-regional differentiation of the world.

Concepts and delimitation of the world’s macro-regions

J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

Department of Social Geography and Regional Development

Miscellanea Geographica

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The authors focus on the current differentiation of the world and on its cognitive, application and educational frameworks and importance for the present....

Concepts and delimitation of the world’s macro-regions

Published Online: Mar 30, 2018

Page range: 16 - 21

Received: Dec 18, 2017

Accepted: Apr 19, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0001

Keywords
Regional geography, geography of the world, differentiation of the world, global macro-regions, concepts and factors of regionalization

© 2018 University of Warsaw – Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Concepts and delimitation of the world’s macro-regions

Published Online: Mar 30, 2018

Page range: 16 - 21

Received: Dec 18, 2017

Accepted: Apr 19, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0001

KeywordsRegional geography, geography of the world, differentiation of the world, global macro-regions, concepts and factors of regionalization

© 2018 University of Warsaw – Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Regional geography, geography of the world, differentiation of the world, global macro-regions, concepts and factors of regionalization