Resumo

ROZGA-LUTER, Ryszard Edward  e  HERNANDEZ-DIEGO, Celia. Contemporary regional studies: legacies, perspective and challenges in the framework of cultural geography. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2010, vol.10, n.34, pp.583-623. ISSN 2448-6183.

The main objective of this work is to analyze the legacies, perspectives and challenges to the concept of region in the framework of contemporary regional studies and of cultural region. We consider some general and particular definitions circumscribed to the region word, taking into account three main approaches: the chorological, the regional science and the contemporary social and cultural interpretations of region. Other intention of this work points at recognizing that the concept of region nowadays exhibits a series of perspectives and challenges that become a must in the general analysis of space.

Palavras-chave : region; space; cultural geography.