Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World
- ISBN-10
- 0131477390
- ISBN-13
- 9780131477391
- Series
- Globalization and Diversity
- Category
- Economic geography
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall
- Author
- Lester Rowntree
Description
Globalization and Diversityis an exciting contemporary approach to World Regional Geography that explicitly acknowledges the geographic changes that accompany today's rapid rate of globalization.Organizes each regional chapter into five thematic sections: Environmental Geography; Population and Settlement; Cultural Coherence and Diversity; Geopolitical Framework; Economic and Social Development. Features approximately 15 standardized maps in each regional chapter, including achapter-opening mapwith countries and place names; aphysical map,showing landforms hydrology, and tectonic boundaries; aclimate map,with climograph call-outs giving temperature and precipitation data for specific cities; a"transformation of the Earth" mapwith call-outs to environmental issues and solutions within the region; apopulation mapfor the region; amap of regional languages; ageopolitical mapwith call-outs to current issues and tensions.For anyone interested in learning more about world geography.
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- 2016-02-26
- 560 pages
- Paperback
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- 2016-01-04
- 560 pages
- Paperback
- Prentice Hall
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- 2013-06-23
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- 2013-04-30
- 495 pages
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