World Regional Geography Concepts

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Geography: An Exploration of Connections --
Where Is It? Why Is It There? Why Does It Matter? --
What Is Geography? --
Physical and Human Geography --
Geographers\' Visual Tools --
Understanding Maps --
Geographic Information Science (GISc) --
The Detective Work Of Photo Interpretation --
The Region as a Concept --
Regions --
Thematic Concepts and Geographic Insights in This Book --
Environment --
Human Impact on the Biosphere --
Physical Geography --
Landforms: The Sculpting of the Earth --
Plate Tectonics --
Landscape Processes --
Climate --
Climate Regions --
Temperature and Air Pressure --
Precipitation --
Global Climate Change --
Drivers of Global Climate Change --
Climate-Change Impacts --
Vulnerability to Climate Change --
Responding to Climate Change --
Water --
Calculating Water Use per Capita --
Who Owns Water? Who Gets Access to It? --
Water Quality --
Water and Urbanization --
Food --
Agriculture: Early Human Impacts on the Physical Environment --
Agriculture and Its Consequences --
Modern Food Production and Food Security --
Globalization --
What Is the Global Economy? --
Workers in the Global Economy --
The Debate over Globalization and Free Trade --
Development --
Measuring Economic Development --
Geographic Patterns of Human Weil-Being --
Sustainable Development and Political Ecology --
Power And Politics --
The Expansion of Political Freedoms --
What Factors Encourage the Expansion of Political Freedoms? --
Geopolitics --
International Cooperation --
Urbanization --
Why Are Cities Growing? --
Patterns of Urban Growth --
Population --
Global Patterns of Population Growth --
Local Variations in Population Density and Growth --
Age and Sex Structures --
Population Growth Rates and Wealth --
Gender --
Gender Roles --
Gender Issues --
Sociocultural Issues --
Ethnicity and Culture: Slippery Concepts --
Values --
Religion and Belief Systems --
Language --
Race --
ch. 2 North America --
The North American Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Landforms --
Climate --
Environment --
Climate Change and Air Pollution --
Water Resource Depletion, Pollution, and Marketization --
Loss of Habitat for Plants and Animals --
Oil Drilling --
Logging --
Coal Mining and Use --
Urbanization and Habitat Loss --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
The Peopling of North America --
The European Transformation --
Expansion West of the Mississippi and Great Lakes --
European Settlement and Native Americans --
The Changing Regional Composition of North America --
Globalization and Development --
The Decline in Manufacturing Employment --
Growth of the Service Sector --
Globalization and Free Trade --
Repercussions of the Global Economic Downturn Beginning in 2007 --
Interdependencies --
Women in the Economy --
North America\'s Changing Food-Production Systems --
Changing Transportation Networks and the North American Economy --
Political Issues --
The Expansion of Political Freedoms in the United States and Canada --
Debt and Politics in the United States --
The United States and Canada Abroad --
Challenges to the United States\' Global Power --
Relationships Between Canada and the United States --
Asymmetries --
Similarities --
Democratic Systems of Government: Shared Ideals, Different Trajectories --
The Social Safety Net: Canadian and U.S. Approaches --
Gender in National Politics --
Urbanization --
Population and Gender --
Gender and Fertility --
Aging in North America --
Population Distribution --
Sociocultural Issues --
Immigration and Diversity --
Race and Ethnicity in North America --
Religion --
The American Family --
ch. 3 Middle and South America --
The Middle and South American Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Physical Patterns --
Landforms --
Climate --
Environmental Issues --
Tropical Forests, Climate Change, and Globalization --
Environmental Protection and Economic Development --
The Water Crisis --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
The Peopling of Middle and South America --
European Conquest --
A Global Exchange of Crops and Animals --
The Legacy of Underdevelopment --
Globalization and Development --
Economic Inequality and Income Disparity --
Phases of Economic Development --
The Current Era of Foreign Direct Investment --
The Informal Economy --
Regional Trade and Trade Agreements --
Food Production and Development --
Power and Politics --
The Drug Trade and Conflict --
Foreign Involvement in the Region\'s Politics --
Recent Revolutionary Movements --
Urbanization --
Migration and Urbanization --
Population and Gender --
Slowing Population Growth --
Population Distribution --
Sociocultural Issues --
Cultural Diversity --
The Family and Gender Roles --
Religion in Contemporary Life --
ch. 4 Europe --
The European Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Physical Patterns --
Landforms --
Vegetation and Climate --
Environmental Issues --
European Leadership in Response to Global Climate Change --
Europe\'s Impact on the Biosphere --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
Sources of European Culture --
The Inequalities of Feudalism --
The Role of Urbanization in the Transformation of Europe --
European Colonialism: The Founding and Acceleration of Globalization --
Urban Revolutions in Industry and Politics --
Urbanization and Politics --
Two World Wars and Their Aftermath --
The Birth of the European Union --
Globalization and Development --
Europe\'s Growing Service Economies --
The Euro and Debt Crises --
Food Production and the European Union --
Power and Politics --
The Politics of EU Expansion --
EU Governing Institutions --
NATO and the Rise of the European Union as a Global Peacemaker --
Social Welfare Systems and Their Outcomes --
Urbanization --
Population and Gender --
Sociocultural Issues --
Immigration and Migration: Needs and Fears --
Changing Gender Roles --
ch. 5 Russia and the Post-Soviet States --
The Russia and Post-Soviet States Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Physical Patterns --
Landforms --
Climate and Vegetation --
Environmental Issues --
Urban and Industrial Pollution --
Nuclear Pollution --
The Globalization of Resource Extraction and Environmental Degradation --
Climate Change --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
The Rise of the Russian Empire --
The Communist Revolution and Its Aftermath --
World War II and the Cold War --
Globalization and Development --
Oil and Gas Development: Fueling Globalization --
Food Production in the Post-Soviet Era --
Power and Politics --
Urbanization --
Population and Gender --
Gender and Life Expectancy --
Population Distribution --
Sociocultural Issues --
Gender: Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Soviet Era --
Religious Revival in the Post-Soviet Era --
ch. 6 North Africa and Southwest Asia --
The North Africa and Southwest Asia Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Physical Patterns --
Climate --
Landforms and Vegetation --
Environmental Issues --
An Ancient Heritage of Water Conservation --
Could There Be New Sources of Water? --
Water and Food Production --
Vulnerability to Climate Change --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
Agriculture and the Development of Civilization --
Agriculture and Gender Roles --
The Coming of Monotheism: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam --
The Spread of Islam --
Western Domination, State Formation, and Antidemocratic Practices --
Globalization and Development --
Fossil Fuel Exports --
Economic Diversification and Growth --
Power and Politics --
The Arab Spring --
The Role of the Press, Media, and Internet in Political Change --
Democratization and Women --
Three Worrisome Geopolitical Situations in the Region --
Situation 1 Fifty Years of Trouble Between Iraq and the United States --
Situation 2 The State of Israel and the \"Question of Palestine\" --
Situation 3 Failure of the Arab Spring in Syria --
Urbanization --
Population and Gender --
Changing Population Distribution --
Sociocultural Issues --
Families and Gender --
Gender Roles and Gendered Spaces --
The Rights of Women --
The Lives of Children --
ch. 7 Sub-Saharan Africa --
The Sub-Saharan Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Physical Patterns --
Landforms --
Climate and Vegetation --
Environmental Issues --
Deforestation and Climate Change --
Agricultural Systems, Food, Water, and Vulnerability to Climate Change --
Wildlife and Climate Change --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
The Peopling of Africa and Beyond --
Early Agriculture, Industry, and Trade in Africa --
The Scramble to Colonize Africa --
Power and Politics in the Aftermath of Independence --
Globalization and Development --
Successive Eras of Globalization --
Regional and Local Economic Development --
Power and Politics --
Gender, Power, and Politics --
Urbanization --
Population and Gender --
Sociocultural Issues --
Gender Issues --
Religion --
ch. 8 South Asia --
The South Asian Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Physical Patterns --
Landforms --
Climate and Vegetation --
Environmental Issues --
South Asia\'s Vulnerability to Climate Change --
Responses to Water Issues Related to Global Climate Change --
Deforestation --
Industrial Air Pollution --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
The Indus Valley Civilization --
A Series of Invasions --
Language and Ethnicity --
Religious Traditions --
Globalization and the Legacies of British Colonial Rule --
Globalization and Development --
Economic Trends --
Economic Reforms --
Offshore Outsourcing --
Free Trade Within South Asia --
Food Production and the Green Revolution --
Microcredit: A South Asian Innovation for the Poor --
Power and Politics --
Religious Nationalism --
The Growing Influence of Women and Young Voters --
Regional Conflicts --
Urbanization --
Mumbai --
Population Patterns --
Sociocultural Issues --
The Texture of Village Life. Note continued: Social Patterns in the Status of Women --
Gender, Politics, and Power --
ch. 9 East Asia --
The East Asia Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Physical Patterns --
Landforms --
Climate --
Environmental Issues --
Food Security and Sustainability --
Three Gorges Dam: The Power of Water --
Air Pollution: Choking on Success --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
Bureaucracy and Imperial China --
Confucianism Molds East Asia\'s Cultural Attitudes --
Why Did China Not Colonize an Overseas Empire? --
European and Japanese Imperialism --
China\'s Turbulent Twentieth Century --
Japan Becomes a World Leader --
Chinese and Japanese Influences on Korea, Taiwan, and Mongolia --
Globalization and Development --
The Japanese Miracle --
Mainland Economies: Communists in Command --
Economic Reforms in China --
Power and Politics --
Pressures for Political Change in China --
Japan\'s Recent Political Shifts --
Political Tensions Between East Asian Countries --
Urbanization --
Transportation Improvements --
Hong Kong\'s Special Role --
Population and Gender --
Responding to an Aging Population --
The Legacies of China\'s One-Child Policy --
Population Distribution --
Sociocultural Issues --
East Asia\'s Most Influential Cultural Export: The Overseas Chinese --
ch. 10 Southeast Asia --
The Southeast Asia Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Physical Patterns --
Landforms --
Climate and Vegetation --
Environmental Issues --
Deforestation --
Climate Change and Deforestation --
Climate Change and Food Production --
Climate Change and Water --
Responses to Climate Change --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
Diverse Cultural Influences --
European Colonization --
Struggles for Independence --
Globalization and Development --
Economic Crisis and Recovery: The Perils of Globalization --
Regional Trade and ASEAN --
Power and Politics --
Southeast Asia\'s Authoritarian Tendencies --
Militarism and China --
Can the Expansion of Political Freedoms Help Bring Peace to Indonesia? --
Urbanization --
Emigration Related to Globalization --
Population and Gender --
Sociocultural Issues --
Cultural and Religious Pluralism --
Gender Patterns in Southeast Asia --
Globalization and Gender: The Sex Industry --
ch. 11 Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific --
The Oceania Region --
Physical Geography And Environmental Issues --
Physical Patterns --
Continent Formation --
Island Formation --
Climate --
Fauna and Flora --
Environmental Issues --
Global Climate Change --
Invasive Species and Food Production --
Globalization and the Environment in the Pacific Islands --
Human Geography --
Human Patterns over Time --
The Peopling of Oceania --
Arrival of the Europeans --
The Colonization of Australia and New Zealand --
Oceania\'s Shifting Global Relationships --
Globalization and Development --
Globalization, Development, and Oceania\'s New Asian Orientation --
The Stresses of Asia\'s Economic Development \"Miracle\" on Australia and New Zealand --
The Advantages and Stresses of Tourism --
The Future: Diverse Global Orientations? --
Power and Politics --
Urbanization --
Population and Gender --
Population Numbers and Distribution --
Sociocultural Issues --
Ethnic Roots Reexamined --
Forging Unity in Oceania.