---
entity_slug: economic_geography
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:10:47.268535'
overall_score: 1.8
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 1.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: There is no definition provided at all, making this entity completely
    imprecise. Without any definitional content, it's impossible to assess whether
    this captures a distinct concept or represents a vague umbrella term.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: While Smith does discuss geographical factors affecting trade, wealth
    distribution, and economic development throughout "The Wealth of Nations," the
    term "Economic Geography" as a formal discipline didn't exist in Smith's time.
    This appears to be a modern analytical overlay rather than a concept Smith himself
    articulated.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: Economic geography could reasonably fit within economic analysis, but
    without a definition or specified domain, it's unclear whether this refers to
    spatial aspects of production, trade routes, resource distribution, or something
    else entirely. The unspecified domain makes proper placement impossible to evaluate.
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: Geographic considerations could potentially relate to S1 (operational
    locations), S4 (environmental intelligence about markets and resources), or even
    S2 (coordination across distances), but without definition or context, any VSM
    mapping would be purely speculative. The entity is too undefined to establish
    clear VSM relevance.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 1.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: With no definition, context, or source chapter specified, this entity
    provides zero explanatory value in its current form. It cannot illuminate any
    mechanisms or structural relations when it lacks any substantive content whatsoever.
---

# Evaluation: Economic Geography

## definition_precision — 1.0 / 5.0

There is no definition provided at all, making this entity completely imprecise. Without any definitional content, it's impossible to assess whether this captures a distinct concept or represents a vague umbrella term.

## source_grounding — 2.0 / 5.0

While Smith does discuss geographical factors affecting trade, wealth distribution, and economic development throughout "The Wealth of Nations," the term "Economic Geography" as a formal discipline didn't exist in Smith's time. This appears to be a modern analytical overlay rather than a concept Smith himself articulated.

## domain_placement — 3.0 / 5.0

Economic geography could reasonably fit within economic analysis, but without a definition or specified domain, it's unclear whether this refers to spatial aspects of production, trade routes, resource distribution, or something else entirely. The unspecified domain makes proper placement impossible to evaluate.

## vsm_relevance — 2.0 / 5.0

Geographic considerations could potentially relate to S1 (operational locations), S4 (environmental intelligence about markets and resources), or even S2 (coordination across distances), but without definition or context, any VSM mapping would be purely speculative. The entity is too undefined to establish clear VSM relevance.

## explanatory_value — 1.0 / 5.0

With no definition, context, or source chapter specified, this entity provides zero explanatory value in its current form. It cannot illuminate any mechanisms or structural relations when it lacks any substantive content whatsoever.
