World Regional Geography : A Development Approach

by David L. Clawson

• ISBN13: 9780138574000
• ISBN10: 0138574006
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

Summary

This introduction to world geography explores our increasing interdependent world from a development perspective. This perspective provides a framework for understanding the increasing commercial, cultural, political, and economic intersection between cultures and regions, and helps students understand how these global intersections affect our local environment.

Table of Contents

Part One Basic Concepts and Ideas	1	(90)
David L. Clawson
James S. Fisher
1 Geography: An Exciting Discipline	2	(15)
2 People and Resources	17	(16)
3 Physical and Cultural Components of the Human Environment	33	(27)
4 More Developed and Less Developed Countries: An Overview	60	(31)
Part Two Anglo America	91	(66)
James S. Fisher
5 Anglo America: The Bases for Development	92	(28)
6 Anglo America: Economic Growth and Transformation	120	(20)
7 Anglo America: Problems in a Developed Realm	140	(17)
Part Three Western Europe	157	(62)
Louis De Vorsey, Jr.
8 Western Europe: A Varied Home for Humanity	158	(13)
9 Western Europe: Landscapes of Development	171	(21)
10 Western Europe: Old Nations Meeting Modern Challenges	192	(27)
Part Four Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union	219	(70)
Roger L. Thiede
11 Eastern Europe: The Land Between	220	(23)
12 Russia and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union: Land and People	243	(22)
13 Russia and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union: Economic Activity	265	(24)
Part Five Australia/New Zealand and Japan	289	(42)
Jack F. Williams
14 Australia and New Zealand: Isolation and Space	290	(14)
15 Japan: The Economic Giant	304	(27)
Part Six Monsoon Asia	331	(100)
Christopher A. Airriess
16 Monsoon Asia: An Introduction	332	(13)
17 China and its Pacific Rim Neighbors	345	(30)
18 Southeast Asia: Unity in Diversity	375	(21)
19 South Asia: The Past in the Present	396	(35)
Part Seven The Middle East and North Africa	431	(62)
Douglas L. Johnson
20 The Middle East and North Africa: Physical and Cultural Environments	432	(19)
21 The Mediterranean Crescent	451	(22)
22 The Gulf States	473	(20)
Part Eight Africa South of the Sahara	493	(74)
Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh
23 Africa South of the Sahara: Legacy of Continuity and Change	494	(29)
24 West, Central, and East Africa: Diversity in Development	523	(23)
25 Southern Africa: Development in Transition	546	(21)
Part Nine Latin America	567
David L. Clawson
26 Latin America's Heritage: Foundations and Processes of Change	568	(20)
27 Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean: Lands of Contrasts	588	(20)
28 South America: Regions of Uneven Development	608