Contemporary World Regional Geography: Global Connections, Local VoicesMcGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2007 - 599 ページ Contemporary World Regional Geography provides a current, balanced geographical study of world issues through analysis of nine world regions and the countries in each. It consistently integrates the themes of "global connections" and "local voices" and is structured so that within each chapter the global and local tensions are discussed, as well as economic, political, cultural, social, and environmental issues. Each chapter follows the same framework, allowing students to easily make comparisons from one world region to the next. |
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Brief Contents | 1 |
Chapter | 6 |
Mapmakers and GIS Analysts | 8 |
Chapter | 10 |
Major World Regions | 14 |
Concepts in World Regional Geography | 23 |
Europe | 67 |
Chapter 2 | 124 |
A Region? | 280 |
South Asia | 283 |
Chapter 8 | 322 |
Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia | 325 |
Cultural and Political History within a Wider World | 328 |
Oman | 336 |
Subregions | 353 |
Nile River Valley | 359 |
Russia and Neighboring Countries | 129 |
Diversity | 131 |
East Asia | 181 |
Natural Environments | 188 |
Population Policies in China | 200 |
Beijing Tourist Guide | 206 |
The Koreas | 214 |
Frontier Forces | 228 |
Southeast Asia and South Pacific | 233 |
A World of Influences | 234 |
Natural Environments | 241 |
The Indian Ocean Tsunami | 247 |
Singapore | 255 |
Malaysia | 264 |
Australia and New Zealand | 271 |
Israel and the Palestinian Territories | 367 |
Turkey and Iran | 374 |
Africa South of the Sahara | 379 |
Latin America | 435 |
Natural Environment | 443 |
Tropical Forests | 449 |
Global and Local Changes | 456 |
The Subregions | 468 |
Central America | 474 |
Northern Andes | 483 |
Brazil | 489 |
North America | 499 |
A World of Geography | 557 |
Southern China | 564 |
Index | 579 |