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Critically examine the significance of five functioning forms with regard to agricultural regions of the world proposed by D. Whittlesey.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Economic Geography

Derwent Stainthorpe Whittlesey, in Major Agricultural Regions of the Earth (Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1936), rejected classification by single crop or by climate and built regions from five functioning forms — the working attributes by which any farm actually operates.

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  • The Five Functioning Forms
  • Their Significance
  • Where the Evidence Runs Against Them
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