World regions in global context : peoples, places, and environments

Machine generated contents note: Thinking Like a Geographer --
Place and the Making of Regions --
Maps and Mapping --
Globalization and Regionalization --
A World of Regions --
Organizing and Exploring the World's Regions --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
Regional Climate --
Climate Change and a Warming World --
Visualizing Geography: The Causes and Consequences of Climate Change --
Geological Resources, Risks, and Water --
Resources and Risks --
River Formation and Water Management --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Ecosystems and Biodiversity Decline --
Human-Influenced Ecologies --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Welcome to Anthropocene --
Sustainability and the Future --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
European Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Industrial Revolution --
The Process of Decolonization --
Communism and the Cold War --
Future World Regional Systems --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
Economic Sectors and Regional Economies --
Measuring Economic Development --
Patterns of Social Well-Being --
Explaining and Practicing "Development" --
Territory and Politics --
States and Nations --
Political Globalization --
Culture and Populations --
Culture, Religion, and Language --
Geographies of Religion --
Geographies of Language --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
Culture and Identity --
Demography and Urbanization --
Modeling Demographic Change --
The Demographic Transition --
Faces of the Region: Demographic Change and the Experience of Place --
Future Geographies --
Population Boom or Bust? --
Emerging Resource Regions --
Economic Globalization and Challenges to Regional Governance --
New Regions of Insecurity and Crime --
Future Environmental Threats and Global Sustainability --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
Europe and Climate Change --
Geological Resources, Risk, and Water --
Northwestern Uplands --
Alpine Europe --
Central Plateaus --
North European Lowlands --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Roman Land Improvement --
Medieval Settlement --
Emergence of the Modern Landscape --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Beer and Wine --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Planning for Green Cities --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
Trade and the Age of Discovery --
Colonialism --
Industrialization --
Imperialism and War --
Eastern Europe's Interlude of State Socialism --
The Reintegration of Eastern Europe --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
The European Union: Coping with Uneven Development --
Regional Development: Europe's Core Regions --
High-Speed Rail --
Territory and Politics --
Regionalism and Boundary Disputes --
Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans --
Culture and Populations --
Culture, Religion, and Language --
Language Families --
Religious Diversity --
Islam in Europe --
Regional Cultures --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
The Concept of Modernity --
Social Critique and the European Dream --
A "European" Identity? --
Women in European Society --
Demography and Urbanization --
Demographic Change --
Visualizing Geography: Europe's Muslims --
Faces of the Region --
The European Diaspora --
Migration within Europe --
Recent Migration Streams --
Europe's Towns and Cities --
Future Geographies --
Coping with Aging Populations --
Coping with Immigration --
The EU: Costs of Expansion --
The EU: Problems of Indebtedness --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
Adapting to a Warming Continent and Melting Sea Ice --
Geological Resources, Risk, and Water --
Mountains and Plains --
Emerging Regions: The Arctic --
Rivers and Seas --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
The Tundra --
The Taiga --
Mixed Forest --
The Steppe --
Semidesert and Desert --
Challenges to Sustainability in the Region --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Environmental Social Movements in the Russian Federation --
The Rise of the Russian Empire --
Revolution and the Rise of the Soviet Union --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Furs, Fashion, and Animal Rights --
Soviet Industrialization and Its Environmental Legacy --
Economic Growth and the Cold War --
Economic Stagnation and the Decline of the Soviet Union --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
Building a Market Economy --
Regional Development and Inequalities --
Territory and Politics --
Chechen Independence --
Ethnonationalism in the Transcaucasus and Central Asia --
Geopolitical Shifts and Ongoing Regional Tensions --
Russia on the World Stage --
Culture and Populations --
Religion and Language --
Religion --
Language --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
High Culture --
Popular Culture --
Social Stratification and Conspicuous Consumption --
Faces of the Region: Changing Fortunes for Central Asian Migrants to Russia --
Gender and Inequality --
Demography and Urbanization --
Demographic Change --
Global and Regional Migration Streams --
Visualizing Geography: The Russian Diaspora and Post-Soviet Migration --
Future Geographies --
Can Russia Conquer Its Energy Dependency? --
Democracy or Plutocracy? --
Will Russia's Pacific Rim Be an Economic Boom? --
Demographic Challenge-Implosion and Decline? --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
Arid Lands and Mountain Landscapes --
Adaptation to Aridity --
Climate Change --
Geological Resources, Risk, and Water --
Mountain Environments and Tectonic Activity --
Water Resources and River Systems --
Water Resources and Sustainable Environments --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Water Scarcity and Quality --
Nonrenewable Resources: Petroleum and Natural Gas --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Luxury Cars --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Flora and Fauna --
Environmental Challenges --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
Plant and Animal Domestication --
Birthplace of World Religions --
Urbanization --
The Ottoman Empire --
The Mandate System --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
Independence and Economic Challenges --
The Oil States --
The Eastern Mediterranean Crescent --
The Maghreb --
Social Inequalities Across the Region --
Territory and Politics --
Intra-Regional Conflict and Tension --
Visualizing Geography: Political Protest, Change, and Repression --
The Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Lebanese Conflicts --
Israel and Lebanon --
The U.S. War in Iraq --
The Rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) --
Nuclear Tensions --
Regional Alliances --
Culture and Populations --
Religion and Language --
Islam --
Christianity, Judaism, and Other Middle Eastern and North African Religions --
Regional Languages --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
Cultural Practices --
Kinship, Family, and Social Order --
Gender --
Sexuality --
Demography and Urbanization --
Demographic Change --
Pull Factors --
Faces of the Region: Refugees Flee the Violence of the Syrian Civil War --
Push Factors --
Cities and Human Settlement --
Future Geographies --
Oil --
Water --
Peace and Stability --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
Adaptation to Climate --
Climate Change --
Geological Resources, Risk, and Water --
Plate Tectonics --
Water Resources and Dams --
Soils, Minerals, and Mining --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Major Ecosystems --
Diseases and Pests --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Diamonds --
Land Use and Agriculture --
Conservation and Africa's Wildlife --
Sustainability --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Renewable Energy in Kenya --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
Human Origins and Early African History --
The Colonial Era in Africa --
Slavery and the Slave Trade --
European Settlement in Southern Africa --
European Exploration and the Scramble for Africa --
The Legacy of Colonialism --
Independence --
Economy, Debt, and the Production of Inequality --
Dependency, Debt, and African Economies --
Contemporary African Agriculture --
Agricultural Challenges and Opportunities --
Manufacturing and Services --
China, and the African Economy --
Social and Economic Inequality --
Regional Organizations --
Territory and Politics --
South Africa and Apartheid --
The Cold War and Africa --
Civil Wars and Internal Conflicts --
Visualizing Geography: The Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa --
Peacekeeping --
Culture and Populations --
Ethnicity --
Religion --
Language --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
Kinship --
Land --
Reciprocity --
Music, Art, and Film --
Sport --
The Changing Roles of Women --
Faces of the Region: The Ongoing Struggles of South Africa's Youth --
Demography and Urbanization --
Demographic Change --
Factors Affecting Fertility --
Population Impacts of HIV/AIDS and Other Health-Care Concerns --
African Cities --
The Sub-Saharan African Diaspora --
Migration Within Africa --
Refugees and Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) --
Future Geographies --
Sustaining Representative and Effective Governments --
Economic Opportunities --
Food, Water, Health, and Energy for All --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability Note continued: Climate, Adaptation, and Global Change --
Climate Patterns --
Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues --
Geological Resources, Risk, and Water --
Physiographic Regions --
Geologic and Other Hazards --
Mineral, Energy, and Water Resources --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Indigenous Land Use --
Colonial Land Use --
Contemporary Agriculture and Sustainability --
Environmental Challenges --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Sustainability in The Anthropocene: Alternative Food Movements --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Marijuana --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
Indigenous Histories --
Colonization and Independence --
The Legacy of Slavery in the United States --
European Settlement and Industrialization --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
The Two Economies --
Transforming Economies --
The New Economy --
Wealth and Inequality --
Visualizing Geography: The Gender Gap in the United States and Canada --
The United States and Canada and the Global Economic Crisis --
Territory and Politics --
States and Government --
A New Province --
U.S. Military Influence --
U.S. War on Terror: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan --
War in Iraq --
AI-Qaeda and Drone Warfare --
Costs of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars --
War on Terror Continues --
Social Movements --
Culture and Populations --
Religion and Language --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
Arts, Music, and Sports --
U.S. Cultural Imperialism --
Canadian Cultural Nationalism --
Sex, Gender, and Sexuality --
Demography and Urbanization --
Immigration --
Assimilation and Anti-Immigrant Prejudice --
Internal Migration --
Demographic Change --
Urbanization, Industrialization, and New Growth --
Faces of the Region: The Other Baltimore --
Urban to Suburban Migration --
Future Geographies --
U.S. Dominance and Its Challenge --
Security, Terrorism, and War --
Environmental Change --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Air Pollution in Mexico City --
Climatic Hazards --
Climate Change Impacts --
Climate Change Causes and Responses --
Geological Resources, Risk, and Water --
Earthquake and Volcanic Hazards --
Visualizing Geography: Amazon Deforestation --
Minerals, Mining, and Oil --
Water Resources --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Plant and Animal Domestication --
Maya, Incan, and Aztec Adaptations to the Environment --
The Fate of the Forests and Biodiversity --
Sustainable Development --
The Green Revolution and Agriculture --
Biofuels --
Ecotourism and Conservation --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
The Colonial Experience in Latin America --
Demographic Collapse --
Columbian Exchange --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Coffee --
Land and Labor --
Export Commodities --
Independence --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
Export Dependence --
Import Substitution --
Debt Crisis --
Free Trade and NAFTA --
Contemporary Economic Conditions --
Economic Structure --
Inequality --
Emerging Regions: BRICS --
Territory and Politics --
U.S. Influence --
The Cold War and Revolution --
Authoritarianism --
Democracy --
Social Movements and Indigenous Rights --
Drug Economy --
Culture and Populations --
Religion --
Language --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
Food --
Music, Art, Film, and Sports --
Gender Relations --
Demography and Urbanization --
Demographic Change --
Migration Within the Region --
Latin American and Caribbean Migration Beyond the Region --
Faces of the Region: Bolivian Youth in Argentina --
Urbanization --
Future Geographies --
Sustainable Development --
Emerging Economies --
Representation and Democracy --
Public Attitudes --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
Adapting to Semiarid and Subtropical Climates --
Climate Change --
Geological Resources, Risk, and Water --
The Tibetan Plateau --
Plains, Hills, Shelves, and Islands --
Earthquakes in a Still-Forming Region --
Flooding, Flood Management, and Hydroengineering --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: The Environmental Price of Industrialization --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Tibetan and Himalayan Highlands --
Steppe and Desert --
Inner China, Korea, and the Japanese Archipelago --
Revolutions in Agriculture --
Conservation Issues --
Wildlife in the Demilitarized Zone --
Sustainability in East Asia --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Animals, Animal Parts, and Exotic Pets --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
Empires of China --
Japanese Feudalism and Empire --
Imperial Decline --
Revolutions, Wars, and Aftermath --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
Japan's Economy: From Postwar Economic Miracle to Stagnation --
Visualizing Geography: Colonialism in East Asia --
China's Economy: From Communist Revolutionary to Revolutionary Capitalist --
Emerging Regions: The Pacific Rim --
Two Koreas, Two Economies --
Territory and Politics --
An Unfinished War in Korea --
Unresolved Geopolitics in Taiwan --
The Contested Periphery of Tibet --
The Geopolitics of Globalized Chinese Investment --
Culture and Populations --
Religion and Language --
Religions --
Feng Shui --
Languages --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
Gender and Inequality --
Faces of the Region: Emerging Women's Power Amid Patriarchy and Corruption --
Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in China --
Food --
East Asian Culture and Globalization --
Demography and Urbanization --
Demographic Change --
Population Control in China --
Migrations --
Diasporas --
Great Asian Cities --
Future Geographies --
A Nation of Chinese Consumers? --
Environmental Rebirth or Collapse in China? --
Emerging Korean Conflict or Reconciliation? --
Emerging Chinese Hegemony --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
The Monsoon --
Rainfall, Drought, and Agricultural Adaptation --
Implications of Climate Change --
Geological Resources, Risk, and Water --
The Hazard of Flooding --
Energy and Mineral Resources --
Sustainability: Energy Innovation in South Asia --
Arsenic Contamination --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Land Use Change --
Agriculture and Resource Stress --
Environmental Pollution --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Conserving Wildlife --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
Harappan and Aryan Legacies --
Early Empires --
Mughal India --
The British East India Company --
Rebellion and the Raj --
Independence and Partition --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
The New South Asian Economy --
The Tourism Boom --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Trekking --
Inequality and Poverty --
Territory and Politics --
Indo-Pakistani Conflicts and Kashmir --
Geopolitics of Afghanistan --
The Afghan-Pakistan Frontier --
Culture and Populations --
Religion and Language --
Religion --
Religious Identity and Politics --
Language --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
Caste, Marginality, and Resistance --
Faces of the Region: Aziz Royesh --
Status of Women --
Popular Culture --
The Globalization of South Asian Culture --
Demography and Urbanization --
Demographic Change --
Factors Affecting Fertility Rates --
Male-Female Sex Ratios --
Urbanization --
The South Asian Diaspora and Counter-Diaspora --
Visualizing Geography: Gross National Happiness --
Future Geographies --
A Peaceful Fate for Afghanistan? --
Zero Population Growth-When? --
New Food Technologies? --
Can India's Economy Catch China's? --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
Climate Factors of Mainland and Islands --
Tropical Cyclones and Typhoons --
Trade Winds and Trade Networks --
Climate and Agriculture --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Regional Effects of Climate Change --
Geological Resources, Risks, and Water Management --
Energy and Mineral Resources --
Risks and Benefits of Volcanic Activity --
River Systems --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Southeast Asia's Biodiversity --
European Colonial Influences on Regional Ecosystems --
Sustainability Challenges and Deforestation --
Responses to Deforestation and Environmental Change --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
Emerging Regions: The Greater Mekong --
European Colonialism in Southeast Asia --
Colonial Legacies of the 19th Century --
Visualizing Geography: Angkor Wat --
European Decolonization --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
Postcolonial Agricultural Development --
Green Revolution Technologies --
Postcolonial Manufacturing and Economic Development --
Singapore and the Asian Economic "Miracle" --
The Little Tigers --
Southeast Asia in the Global Economy --
Social and Economic Inequality --
Territory and Politics --
The Indochina Wars --
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge --
Postcolonial Conflict and Ethnic Tension --
Regional Cooperation --
Cultures and Populations --
Religion and Language --
Religion --
Language --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
Sexual Politics --
HIV/AIDS Politics --
Minority Politics --
Demography and Urbanization --
Population and Demographic Change --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Opium and Methamphetamine --
Population Distributions --
Migration Within Southeast Asia --
International Migration Note continued: Faces of the Region: The "Maid Trade" Is Not Fair Trade --
Urbanization --
Future Geographies --
Regional Economic Cooperation --
Intensifying Regional Integration --
Environmental Issues and Sustainability --
Social and Health Issues --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis --
Environment, Society, and Sustainability --
Climate and Climate Change --
Australian Climate --
Emerging Regions: Antarctica --
New Zealand Climate --
Pacific Island Climate --
Climate Change and Ozone Depletion --
Geological Resources, Risks, and Water --
Australian Physical Landscape --
The Great Artesian Basin and Outback --
Visualizing Geography: New Zealand's Physical Landscape --
Desert Landforms --
New Zealand Physical Landscape --
Pacific Island Physical Landscapes --
Mining --
Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management --
Australian Ecosystems --
New Zealand Ecosystems --
Pacific Island Ecosystems --
Introduced Exotic and Feral Species --
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Ocean Plastic Pollution --
Sustainability of Marine Resources and Agricultural Land --
Agricultural Sustainability --
Fisheries --
History, Economy, and Territory --
Historical Legacies and Landscapes --
Early European Exploration and Colonization --
Australia --
New Zealand --
Pacific Islands --
Independence, World War II, and Global Reorientations --
Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality --
Agriculture and Economy --
From Import Substitution to Free Trade in Australia and New Zealand --
Economic Development in the Pacific Islands --
Tourism --
Poverty and Inequality --
Faces of the Region: The Stolen Generations --
Territory and Politics --
Regional Cooperation --
Independence and Secessionist Movements --
Multiculturalism and Indigenous Social Movements --
Culture and Populations --
Language --
Religion --
Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity --
Gender and Sexual Identity --
Social Problems --
Arts and Film --
Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Uranium --
Demography and Urbanization --
Demographic Change --
Immigration and Ethnicity --
Oceanic Migration and Diasporas --
Urban Areas --
Future Geographies --
The Challenges of Climate Change and Ocean Sustainability --
Connections to the Global Economy --
Traditional Cultures --
Learning Outcomes Revisited --
Key Terms --
Thinking Geographically --
Data Analysis.