Harm de Blij describes his book, “Why Geography Matters.”

Seth Dixon‘s insight:

As many of you have heard, Harm de Blij (probably the author of one of your textbooks ) passed away early this week.  He was a tireless advocate for geography and geography education.  He understood that without geographic expertise, our foreign policy would suffer and our collective ability to thrive in an era of globalization would be curtailed.  I was always captivated by his presentations and was continually astounded by the depth and breadth of his knowledge.  Here is what the NCGE and AAG said about his life work.  Rest in peace.

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As I was playing with Bananagrams my mind went back to Harm de Blij’s classic world regional geography textbook–Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts.  As I was focusing on the individual words I began to appreciate how all-encompassing that title is.  So this is my meager tribute (the ‘yams’ was my son’s contribution).

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