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World Regional Geography
This text approaches geography as experts understand the discipline, focusing on connections and an in-depth understanding of core themes. This thematic approach, informed by pedagogical research, provides students with an introduction to thinking geographically. Instead of repeating the same several themes each chapter, this text emphasizes depth over breadth by arranging each chapter around a central theme and then exploring that theme in detail as it applies to the particular region.
- Tác giả
- Caitlin Finlayson
- Nhà xuất bản
- University of Mary Washington
- Nguồn
- LibreTexts
- Giấy phép
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Ngôn ngữ
- EN
- Danh mục
- Khoa học cơ bản
Mục lục· 68 mục
- 01: Introduction
- 1.01: The Where and the Why
- 1.02: The Spatial Perspective
- 1.03: Core and Periphery
- 1.04: The Physical Setting
- 1.05: The Human Setting
- 1.06: The World's Regions
- 1.07: Sub-Disciplines of Geography
- 1.08: Globalization and Inequality
- 02: Europe
- 2.01: European Physical Geography and Boundaries
- 2.02: Cooperation and Control in Europe
- 2.03: The Industrial Revolution
- 2.04: European Migration
- 2.05: Shifting National Identities
- 2.06: Current Migration Patterns and Debates
- 03: Russia
- 3.01: Russia's Physical Geography and Climate
- 3.02: Settlement and Development Challenges
- 3.03: Russian History and Expansion
- 3.04: Russian Multiculturalism and Tension
- 3.05: Economics and Development in the Soviet Union
- 3.06: The Modern Russian Landscape
- 04: North America
- 4.01: North America's Physical Setting
- 4.02: North American History and Settlement
- 4.03: Industrial Development in North America
- 4.04: The North American Urban Landscape
- 4.05: Patterns of Inequality in North America
- 4.06: North America's Global Connections
- 05: Middle and South America
- 5.01: The Geographic Features of Middle and South America
- 5.02: Colonization and Conquest in Middle America
- 5.03: The South American Colonial Landscape
- 5.04: Urban Development in South America
- 5.05: Income Inequality in Middle and South America
- 5.06: Patterns of Globalization in Middle and South America
- 06: Sub-Saharan Africa
- 6.01: The Physical Landscape of Sub-Saharan Africa
- 6.02: Pre-Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa
- 6.03: Sub-Saharan African Colonization
- 6.04: The Modern Sub-Saharan African Landscape
- 6.05: Economics and Globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 07: North Africa and Southwest Asia
- 7.01: North Africa and Southwest Asia's Key Geographic Features
- 7.02: Cultural Adaptations in North Africa and Southwest Asia
- 7.03: The Religious Hearths of North Africa and Southwest Asia
- 7.04: Conquest in North Africa and Southwest Asia
- 7.05: The Modern Political Landscape of North Africa and Southwest Asia
- 7.06: Religious Conflict in North Africa and Southwest Asia
- 08: South Asia
- 8.01: South Asia's Physical Landscape
- 8.02: Patterns of Human Settlement in South Asia
- 8.03: Cultural Groups in South Asia
- 8.04: South Asia's Population Dynamics
- 8.05: Future Challenges and Opportunities in South Asia
- 09: East and Southeast Asia
- 9.01: The Physical Landscape of East and Southeast Asia
- 9.02: Natural Hazards in East and Southeast Asia
- 9.03: East and Southeast Asia's History and Settlement
- 9.04: Political Conflicts and Changes in East and Southeast Asia
- 9.05: Patterns of Economic Development in East and Southeast Asia
- 10: Oceania
- 10.01: The Physical Landscape of Oceania
- 10.02: The World's Oceans and Polar Frontiers
- 10.03: Biogeography in Australia and the Pacific
- 10.04: The Patterns of Human Settlement in Australia and the Pacific
- 10.05: The Changing Landscape of Oceania