Last edition Elsevier This contemporary approach to World Regional Geography introduces the latest ideas, concepts, and theories in geography while also developing a strong foundation in the fundamentals of world regions. It helps professors convey a strong sense of place and an understanding of the connections within and between world regions. Globalization and Diversity is a briefer version of the popular Diversity Amid Globalization by the same authors; this distillation focuses on the core materials that students need in a World Regional Geography course. The Fourth Edition features a new and unique focus on sustainability..
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9781292039077
Imprint: Pearson Education
Language: English
Authors: Lester Rowntree
Pub Date: 11/2013
Pages: 552
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 1,180.000 grams
Size: 216 x 277 mm
Product Type: Softcover
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- • An emphasis on globalization acknowledges the geographic changes that accompany today's rapid rate of globalization. The book's unique approach gives students access to the latest ideas, concepts and theories in geography while also developing a strong foundation in the fundamentals of world regions. The book helps professors convey a strong sense of place and an understanding of the connections within and between world regions.
- • The structure within each chapter is thematic, while the overarching chapter structure of the book is regional and organized around the generally accepted major world regions.
- • Each regional chapter is organized into five thematic sections: Environmental Geography, Population and Settlement, Cultural Coherence and Diversity, Geopolitical Framework, and Economic and Social Development.
- • This approach fosters a structured and penetrating treatment of geographic themes and concepts, facilitates comparisons of specific topics between regions, and allows the authors to more effectively highlight concepts important to today's globalized world.
- • Chapter openers include a panoramic photo linked to major topics within the chapter. Each regional chapter opens with thematic highlights that summarize the major issues under each of the five themes.
- • A highly graphical presentation of the material includes a large-format map or photo on almost every page.
- • Coverage of climate change impacts on each region.
- • A superior, pedagogically-oriented cartography program features standardized maps for all regional chapters. Regional chapter contain approximately 12 maps, with almost all regional chapters containing maps on the same themes to enable cross regional comparisons. Most regional chapters contain the following maps: • A chapter-opening political/physical map, showing political boundaries, landforms, hydrology, and tectonic boundaries. • A climate map, with climographs displaying temperature and precipitation data for specific cities. • An environmental issues map with call-outs to environmental problems and solutions within the region. • A population map for the region leveraging the latest world population data. • A map of regional languages. • A map of religions. • A geopolitical map of current issues and tensions.
- Lester Rowntree was born in England and spent much of her life in Carmel, California. In addition to "Hardy Californians, "she wrote "The Flowering Shrubs of California "and four children's books. Lester B. Rowntree, her grandson, is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. "Les Rowntree" teaches both Geography and Environmental Studies at San Jose State University in California, where he recently completed a term as the Chair of the interdisciplinary Department of Environmental Studies. As an environmental geographer, Dr. Rowntree's teaching and research interests focus on international environmental issues, the human dimensions of global change, biodiversity and conservation, and human-caused landscape transformation. He sees world regional geography as a way to engage and inform students by giving them the conceptual tools needed to assess global issues critically in their larger context. Dr. Rowntree has done research in Morocco, Mexico, Australia, and Europe, as well as in his native California. Current writing projects include a book on the natural history of California's Central Coast, along with textbooks in geography and environmental science.
- 1. Concepts of World Geography
- 2. The Global Physical Environment
- 3. North America
- 4. Latin America
- 5. The Caribbean
- 6. Sub-Saharan Africa
- 7. Southwest Asia and North Africa
- 8. Europe
- 9. The Russian Domain
- 10. Central Asia
- 11. East Asia
- 12. South Asia
- 13. Southeast Asia
- 14. Australia and Oceania
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