chorology

Japanese: chorology
chorology

...The more a society develops and grows, the more dynamic and changeable its human regions are, and the regions are recognized as open spatial systems that are mutually related. Geography studies the regional differentiation of land space based on this concept of region, and is therefore also called chorology. Therefore, it is unreasonable to position geography in the dichotomy of natural science or cultural science (or spiritual science or historical science) in the neo-Kantian classification of sciences.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "chorology" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…発展成長しつつある社会ほど,そこにおける人文地域は動的・可変的であり,諸地域は相互に関連しあう開放的な空間システムとして認識される。地理学は,このような地域概念に基づいて土地空間の地域分化を研究するので,地域学(コロロギーchorology)とも呼ばれる。 したがって,新カント学派の科学分類における自然科学か文化科学(あるいは精神科学,歴史科学)かといった二分法で地理学を位置づけることには無理がある。…

※「chorology」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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