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Discuss the role of geographical factors in social change and development.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Social Change in Modern Society

Climate, terrain, location, soil, water and natural hazard set the conditions within which societies act. Sociology has moved from treating them as causes to treating them as one factor among several, whose effect is mediated by technology and institutions.

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  • From determinism to possibilism
  • How geography actually operates
  • Indian evidence
  • Limits of the geographical explanation
  • Conclusion

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