Human Geography
7th Edition
Published in June 2011
Book
Mixed media product
672 pages
978-0-19-544722-4 (ISBN)
Description
Human Geography explores how human behaviour affects the earth's surface. In the course of this exploration, the text engages with subjects such as globalization, politics, biology, economics, philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, and global warming. Illustrated with a well-balanced mix of international and Canadian examples, Human Geography offers a comprehensive introduction to the discipline's essential concepts and methods. It also traces the evolution of the field, emphasizing how human
geography continues to develop in response to changing human needs.
In response to the changing facts of human geography and to changing understandings of those facts, the seventh edition is changed from the sixth edition in four substantive ways. First, there is much new content, both in the form of some new sections and also new material added to existing discussions. Second, there is an increased emphasis on providing information for students in easily readable ways though the addition of new figures, tables, and boxes, through the redrawing of all of the
maps, and through an enhanced listing of helpful websites at the end of each chapter. Third, much of the detailed factual content in this seventh edition is new, especially relating to topics such as environmental change, population, political developments, and economic change. Finally, the entire text
has been revised for clarity and readability, and a number of errors have been corrected.
geography continues to develop in response to changing human needs.
In response to the changing facts of human geography and to changing understandings of those facts, the seventh edition is changed from the sixth edition in four substantive ways. First, there is much new content, both in the form of some new sections and also new material added to existing discussions. Second, there is an increased emphasis on providing information for students in easily readable ways though the addition of new figures, tables, and boxes, through the redrawing of all of the
maps, and through an enhanced listing of helpful websites at the end of each chapter. Third, much of the detailed factual content in this seventh edition is new, especially relating to topics such as environmental change, population, political developments, and economic change. Finally, the entire text
has been revised for clarity and readability, and a number of errors have been corrected.
More details
Edition
7th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
209 figures, 76 tables, 146 photos
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 279 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-544722-4 (9780195447224)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
William Norton
Human Geography
Book
08/2008
Oxford University Press, Canada
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Content
PREFACE; FROM THE PUBLISHER; PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES WALK-THROUGH; AUTHOR'S PREFACEURES WALK-THROUGH; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: THE ROADS AHEAD; THREE RECURRING THEMES; WHY HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?; THE GOAL OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHER AT WORK; ABOUT THIS BOOKAN GEOGRAPHY; ABOUT BEING A HUMAN GEOGRAPHER; SUMMARYAN GEOGRAPHER AT WORK; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 1. WHAT IS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?; PRECLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY; CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY; THE FIFTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES: GEOGRAPHY IN EUROPE, CHINA, AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD; THE AGE OF EUROPEAN OVERSEAS MOVEMENT; GEOGRAPHY RETHOUGHT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION: 1874-1903; PRELUDE TO THE PRESENT: 1903-1970; CONTEMPORARY GEOGRAPHY; POSTSCRIPT; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 2. STUDYING HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; PHILOSOPHICAL OPTIONS; HUMAN GEOGRAPHIC CONCEPTS; TECHNIQUES OF ANALYSIS; A CONCLUDING COMMENT; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 3. A FRAGILE HOME; A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMANS AS SIMPLIFIERS OF ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; HUMAN IMPACTS; EARTH'S VITAL SIGNS; SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; POSTSCRIPT; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 4. A CROWDED HOME?; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL INCREASE; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; THE COMPOSITION OF A POPULATION; HISTORY OF POPULATION GROWTH; EXPLAINING POPULATION GROWTH; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 5. AN UNEQUAL HOME; DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY; MIGRATION; REFUGEES; THE LESS DEVELOPED WORLD; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 5. AN UNEQUAL HOME; DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY; MIGRATION; REFUGEES; THE LESS DEVELOPED WORLD; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 6. CULTURAL IDENTITIES AND LANDSCAPES; A WORLD DIVIDED BY CULTURE?; HUMANS IN GROUPS; THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE; CULTURAL REGIONS; THE MAKING OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES; LANGUAGE; RELIGION; CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 7. SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND LANDSCAPES; RETHINKING CULTURE; TYPES OF SOCIETY; SOCIAL THEORY; LANDSCAPE AS PLACE; GEOGRAPHIES OF DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIES OF WELL-BEING; FOLK CULTURE AND POPULAR CULTURE; RECREATION AND TOURISM; GROUP ENGINEERING IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 8. POLITICAL IDENTITIES AND LANDSCAPES; STATE CREATION; INTRODUCING GEOPOLITICS (AND GEOPOLITIK); UNSTABLE STATES; GROUPINGS OF STATES; THE ROLE OF THE STATE; ELECTIONS: GEOGRAPHY MATTERS; THE GEOGRAPHY OF PEACE AND WAR; OUR GEOPOLITICAL FUTURE?; SUMMARYGRAPHY OF PEACE AND WAR; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONSTION; ON THE WEB; 9. A GLOBALIZING WORLD; DISTANCE FRICTION AND FRICTIONLESS DISTANCE; CONCEPTS OF DISTANCE AND SPACE; DIFFUSION; OVERCOMING DISTANCE: TRANSPORTATION; OVERCOMING DISTANCE: TRADE; TOWARDS ONE WORLDCE: TRADE; ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION; GLOBALIZATION: GOOD OR BAD?; A GLOBAL VILLAGE?; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 10. AGRICULTURAL LIVES AND LANDSCAPES; INVENTING, AND REINVENTING, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; THE AGRICULTURAL LOCATION PROBLEM; DISTANCE, LAND VALUE, AND LAND USE; DOMESTICATING PLANTS AND ANIMALS; WORLD AGRICULTURE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES; WORLD AGRICULTURE TODAY: TYPES AND REGIONS; GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL RESTRUCTURING; FOOD, CONSUMPTION, AND IDENTITY; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 11. SETTLEMENT PATTERNS; AN URBANIZING WORLD; RURAL SETTLEMENTRLD; THE ORIGINS AND GROWTH OF CITIES; LOCATING URBAN CENTRES OF CITIES; WORLD CITIESAN CENTRES; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 12. URBAN FORM AND GOVERNANCE; EXPLAINING LOCATION INSIDE THE CITY; GOVERNING THE CITY; PLANNING THE CITY; MOVING AROUND THE CITY; SPREADING OUTWARD; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 13. LIVING AND WORKING IN CITIES; HOUSING; NEIGHBOURHOODS; POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION; CITIES AS CENTRES OF PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; LIVING IN THE LESS DEVELOPED WORLD CITY; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; 14. INDUSTRIAL LIVES AND LANDSCAPES; THE INDUSTRIAL LOCATION PROBLEM; THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; SOURCES OF ENERGY; WORLD INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY; GLOBALIZATION AND INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHIES; THE GEOGRAPHY OF UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; LINKS TO OTHER CHAPTERS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; CONCLUSION: WHERE NEXT?; CHANGING HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES; A CHANGING DISCIPLINE; BEING A HUMAN GEOGRAPHER: WHERE WE BEGAN; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; APPENDIX 1: GLOBAL PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; A HABITABLE PLANET; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; APPENDIX 2: THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE; LIFE ON EARTH; HUMAN ORIGINS; FURTHER EXPLORATIONS; ON THE WEB; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX