The Power of Place : World Regional Geography, Study Guide, 3rd Edition

by Annenberg (CPB)

• ISBN13: 9780471357414
• ISBN10: 0471357413
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Introduction	1	(12)
Geography: A Spatial Perspective	5	(8)
Unit 2 Resilient Europe: Confronting New Challenges	13	(32)
Supranationalism and Devolution	19	(6)
East Looks West	25	(8)
The Transforming Industrial Coreland	33	(6)
Challenges on the Periphery	39	(6)
Unit 3 Russia's Fractious Federation	45	(18)
Facing Ethnic and Environmental Diversity	51	(6)
Central and Remote Economic Development	57	(6)
Unit 4 North America: The Postindustrial Transformation	63	(30)
Inner vs. ``Edge'' Cities	69	(8)
Ethnic Fragmentation in Canada	77	(6)
Regions and Economies	83	(10)
Unit 5 Geographic Dynamics of the Western Pacific Rim	93	(22)
The Japanese Paradox: Small Farms and Mega-Cities	99	(8)
Global Interaction	107	(8)
Unit 6 Middle America: Collision of Cultures	115	(12)
Migration and Conquest	121	(6)
Unit 7 South America: Continent of Contrasts	127	(18)
Andes and Amazon	133	(6)
Accelerating Growth	139	(6)
Unit 8 North Africa/Southwest Asia: The Energy of Islam	145	(18)
Sacred Space Under Siege?	151	(6)
Population, Food Supply, and Energy Development	157	(6)
Unit 9 Subsaharan Afica: Realm of Reversals	163	(18)
The Legacy of Colonization	169	(6)
Understanding Sickness, Overcoming Prejudice	175	(6)
Unit 10 South Asia: Resurgent Regionalism	181	(12)
Urban and Rural Contrasts	187	(6)
Unit 11 East Asia: China and Its Sphere	193	(24)
Life in China's Frontier Cities	199	(6)
China's Metropolitan Heartland	205	(6)
The Booming Maritime Edge	211	(6)
Unit 12 Southeast Asia: Between the Giants	217	(12)
Mainland Southeast Asia	223	(6)
Maritime Southeast Asia	229