The methodological and technical implications of rigorous research work in North America and Sweden (translated into the British context by the books of Chorley, Haggett and Harvey) are being felt in many branches of socio-economic geography in Britain. Some geographers are turning their research interests to matters of immediate regional or national importance but they must operate more swiftly than in the past and express their informed opinions more openly if they are to make a substantial contribution to the management of the country in the 1970's.Les implications méthodologiques et techniques de la recherche rigoureuse en Amérique du Nord et en Suède (adaptée au contexte britannique par les livres de Chorley, Haggett et Harvey), sont s...