ASL STEM

Definition

Geography is a far-reaching discipline providing a distinctive spatial approach to many of today's societal problems and issues: regional inequality; growth of service activities; residential and educational segregation; health-care delivery; urban growth management; transportation efficiency; environmental and pollution problems; economic impacts of major investments or technological changes; spatial efficiency of industrial production; spatial inequality in the distribution of goods, services, and resources; and the activities of international corporations and political states. Geography is the study of how individuals, groups, and societies interact with their environments.

Source: University of Washington