Working Groups of the Spanish Association of Geography, a Portrait of SpanishAcademic Geography

• Macià Blázquez-Salom ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat de les Illes Balears

     Universitat de les Illes Balears

     Palma de Mallorca, España

     
• Localización: Spanish geography at contemporary times. State of the question (1972-2022), 2022, ISBN 978-84-124962-8-4, págs. 27-44
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The characteristics of the Working Groups of the Spanish Association ofGeography are analysed, in terms of their areas of research and taking them as arepresentation of the Spanish academy of this discipline and in terms of its organization.A comparison is established with the Commissions of the International GeographicalUnion, in view of their projects to change their name and in light of the completed andongoing processes, as well as the approach to their reorganization. In conclusion, vacantareas appear that could be assumed by the existing Working Groups or give rise to theappearance of new ones, such as: Geography of regional areas (the Mediterranean basin,coast, mountains, Africa or islands), Cultural Geography, GeoHumanities, GenderGeography, Sustainability, Political Geography, Geomorphology, Globalization,Toponymy or Transport Geography