地理学力求通过综合途径研究国土、自然资源利用以及生产力的发展与配置问题。这门科学的实质旨在以具体的资料表明作为统一体的矿藏、土壤、森林和水的自然条件及其资源,全面地把握开发自然资源和发展生产力区域综合体的途径。苏联地理学会第七次代表大会提出讨论的主要问题体如下,即;国民经济综合体 Geography seeks to study the development of land and natural resources and the development and deployment of productive forces through an integrated approach. The essence of this science is to show, with specific information, the natural conditions and resources of mineral pools, soils, forests and water as a unified body and comprehensively grasp the means of developing natural resources and developing a regional complex of productive forces. The main problems raised by the Seventh Representative Conference of the Soviet Geographical Society are as follows: the national economy complex