Several issues surrounding the concept of cultural adaptation and its significance to cultural geography are discussed. A new model of cultural adaptation is developed to explain the evolution of spatial structures. Also a research agenda for geographic inquiry is proposed.
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∗;This paper grew out of comments made as a discussant in a session on cultural adaptation at the 1981 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers. I am grateful to reviewers Bill Turner and Karl Raitz for their constructive criticism.