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In the history of economic geography there were many influences coming mainly from [[economics]] and [[geography|geographical sciences]].
First traces of the study of spatial aspects of economic activities on Earth can be found in [[Strabo]]'s ''Geographika'' written almost 2000 years ago.
During the period known in geography as [[environmental determinism]] notable (though later much criticized) influence came from [[Ellsworth Huntington]] and his theory of [[climatic determinism]].
Valuable contributions came from location theorists such as [[Johann Heinrich von Thünen]] or [[Alfred Weber]]. Other influential theories were [[Walter Christaller]]'s [[Central place theory]], the theory of core and periphery.
Big impact on economic geography had the [[Fred K. Schaefer]]'s article ''Exceptionalism in geography: A Methodological Examination'' published in American journal Annals (Association of American Geographers) and his critique of [[Regionalism (politics)|regionalism]]. The article became a rallying point for the younger generation of economic geographers who were intent on reinventing the discipline as a science. Quantitative methods became prevailing in research. Well-known economic geographers of this period are [[William Garrison (geographer)|William Garrison]], [[Brian Berry]], [[Waldo Tobler]], [[Peter Haggett]], [[William Bunge]] and others.
Contemporary economic geographers tend to specialize in areas such as [[location theory]] and [[spatial analysis]] (with the help of [[geographic information systems]]), market research, geography of transportation, land or real estate price evaluation, regional and global development, planning and others.
