Introduction to Geography
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2001
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8th Revised edition
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
978-0-07-248504-2 (ISBN)
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
978-0-07-248504-2 (ISBN)
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This title introduces college students to the breadth and spatial insights of the field of geography. It introduces students to the four organizing traditions throughout the history of geographical thought and writing: earth science, culture-environment, location, and area analysis.
This book introduces college students to the breadth and spatial insights of the field of geography. The authors' approach allows the major research traditions of geography to dictate the principal themes. Chapter 1 introduces students to the four organising traditions that have emerged through the long history of geographical thought and writing: earth science, culture-environment, location, and area analysis. Each of the four parts of this book centres on one of those geographic perspectives. An access code to Powerweb is included. This website, developed with the help of instructors teaching this course, provides you and your students with curriculum-based materials, updated weekly assessments, informative and timely world news, refereed web links and much more.
This book introduces college students to the breadth and spatial insights of the field of geography. The authors' approach allows the major research traditions of geography to dictate the principal themes. Chapter 1 introduces students to the four organising traditions that have emerged through the long history of geographical thought and writing: earth science, culture-environment, location, and area analysis. Each of the four parts of this book centres on one of those geographic perspectives. An access code to Powerweb is included. This website, developed with the help of instructors teaching this course, provides you and your students with curriculum-based materials, updated weekly assessments, informative and timely world news, refereed web links and much more.
1. Introduction. 2. Maps. Part One. The Earth Science Tradition. 3. Physical Geography: Landforms. 4. Physical Geography: Weather and Climate. 5. Human Impact on the Environment. Part Two. The Culture-Environment Tradition. 6. Population Geography. 7. Cultural Geography. 8. Geography of Spatial Behavior. 9. Political Geography. Part Three. The Locational Tradition. 10. Economic Geography. 11. The Geography of Natural Resources. 12. Urban Geography. Part Four. The Area Analysis Tradition. 13. The Regional Concepts. Appendix: 1998 World Population Data.
| Zusatzinfo | maps |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1220 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-07-248504-3 / 0072485043 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-07-248504-2 / 9780072485042 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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