World Regional Geography: A Development Approach

by Clawson, David L.; Clawson, David L.; Airriess, Christopher A.

• ISBN13: 9780130553461
• ISBN10: 0130553468
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780131015326, 9780138574000
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

For introductory courses in World Regional Geography. Organized around the central theme of human development, this text is authoritatively written by experts on each region of the world. Each author employs this human development theme to create a substantive volume on world regional geography that presents a vital, issue-oriented overview of the topic. This approach enables professors to engender a deeper understanding of the character of the world's people than the more traditional descriptive approach.

Table of Contents

PART ONE Basic Concepts and Ideas	3	(86)
David L. Clawson
James S. Fisher
Geography: Many Worlds to Explore	4	(15)
People and Resources	19	(15)
Physical and Cultural Components of the Human Environment	34	(26)
More Developed and Less Developed Countries: An Overview	60	(29)
PART TWO United States and Canada	89	(68)
Merrill L. Johnson
James S. Fisher
The United States and Canada: The Bases for Development	90	(31)
The United States and Canada: Economic Growth and Transformation	121	(18)
The United States and Canada: Problems in a Developed Realm	139	(18)
PART THREE Europe	157	(56)
Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov
The European Habitat	158	(16)
Europe: Culture, Society, Economy	174	(21)
Europe: Political Geography	195	(18)
PART FOUR Russia and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union	213	(44)
Roger L. Thiede
Russia and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union: Land and People	214	(20)
Russia and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union: Economic Activity	234	(23)
PART FIVE Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands	257	(22)
Jack F. Williams
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands: Isolation and Space	258	(21)
PART SIX Asia, East by South	279	(130)
Christopher A. Airriess
Jack F. Williams
Asia, East by South: A Physical and Human Overview	280	(14)
Japan: An Economic Giant	294	(23)
China and Its Pacific Rim Neighbors	317	(34)
Southeast Asia: Unity in Diversity	351	(21)
South Asia: The Past in the Present	372	(37)
PART SEVEN The Middle East and North Africa	409	(68)
Douglas L. Johnson
The Middle East and North Africa: Physical and Cultural Environments	411	(19)
The Mediterranean Crescent	430	(19)
The Gulf States	449	(28)
PART EIGHT Africa South of the Sahara	477	(76)
Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh
Africa South of the Sahara: Legacy of Continuity and Change	478	(32)
West, Central, and East Africa: Diversity in Development	510	(22)
Southern Africa: Development in Transition	532	(21)
PART NINE Latin America	553	(1)
David L. Clawson
Latin America: Physical Diversity and Cultural Heritage	554	(25)
Maxico, Central America, and the Caribbean: Lands of Contrasts	579	(20)
Sourth America: Regions of Uneven Development	599