Strategic geography is concerned with the control of, or access to, spatial areas that affect the
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and prosperity of
nation
A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by th ...
s. Spatial areas that concern strategic geography change with human needs and development. This field is a subset of
human geography
Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography that studies spatial relationships between human communities, cultures, economies, and their interactions with the environment. It analyzes spatial interdependencies between social ...
, itself a subset of the more general study of
geography
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, an ...
. It is also related to
geostrategy
Geostrategy, a subfield of geopolitics, is a type of foreign policy guided principally by geographical factors as they inform, constrain, or affect political and military planning. As with all strategies, geostrategy is concerned with matching m ...
.
Strategic geography is that branch of science, which deals with the study of spatial areas that affect the security and prosperity of a nation.
See also
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Geostrategy
Geostrategy, a subfield of geopolitics, is a type of foreign policy guided principally by geographical factors as they inform, constrain, or affect political and military planning. As with all strategies, geostrategy is concerned with matching m ...
Further reading
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Brzezinski, Zbigniew
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński ( , ; March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017), or Zbig, was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was President Jimmy Carter's ...
. ''The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives.'' New York: Basic Books, 1997.
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Daclon, Corrado Maria
Corrado Maria Daclon (born 1963) is an Italian scientist and journalist.
Biography
He was born in Milan. Since 1995 he has been a professor of environmental policy and geopolitics at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy, journalist, w ...
. ''Geopolitics of Environment, A Wider Approach to the Global Challenges.'' Italy: Comunità Internazionale,
SIOI
The Italian Society for International Organization or SIOI (Società Italiana Organizzazione Internazionale) is a non-profit organization operating under the supervision of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was founded in 1944 with the s ...
, 2007.
* Faringdon, Hugh. ''Strategic Geography: NATO, the Warsaw Pact, and the Superpowers''. Routledge (1989). .
*Gray, Colin S. and Geoffrey Sloan. ''Geopolitics, Geography and Strategy.'' Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1999.
*Kemp G., Harkavy R. ''Strategic Geography and the changing Middle East''.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) is a nonpartisan international affairs think tank headquartered in Washington D.C. with operations in Europe, South and East Asia, and the Middle East as well as the United States. Founded i ...
in cooperation with
Brookings Institution Press, 1997.
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Mackinder, Halford J.
Sir Halford John Mackinder (15 February 1861 – 6 March 1947) was an English geographer, academic and politician, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of both geopolitics and geostrategy. He was the first Principal of University Ext ...
''Democratic Ideals and Reality.'' Washington, DC:
National Defense University Press, 1996.
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Stürmer, Michael. ''Strategische Geografie''. Leitartikel, ''
Die Welt
''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE.
''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the '' Frankfurter ...
'' Online, 10. February 2004.
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