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social science subjects > economics > applied economics > economic geography > geography of consumption
social science subjects > geography > human geography > economic geography > geography of consumption
... > social science subjects > economics > economic concepts > political economy > economic geography > geography of consumption
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geography of consumption  

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  • Consumption has meant different things at different moments in time and has taken widely varying forms. The term comes from the Latin consumere, “to use up” (as in tuberculosis), implying that consumption means to make full use of and to destroy simultaneously. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Consumption, Geographies of]

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