Human Geography
Culture, Society, and Space
7th Edition
Published on 20. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-0-471-44107-6 (ISBN)
Description
Harm de Blij's Human Geography takes us from our hominid ancestors to the megacities of today. It covers the major elements of the human "half" of geography. The book addresses the two binding themes of geography: the spatial perspective and the relationships between human societies and natural environments. Cases and examples from all over the world help readers to understand the plight of the poor, gender issues, and problems such as rapid population growth, and environmental change.
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Edition
7., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
colour illustrations colour maps
Dimensions
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Weight
1474 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-44107-6 (9780471441076)
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
01/2006
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Content
PART ONE: GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT. Introduction: Geography and Human Geography. Cultures, Environments, and Regions. The Earth as Humanity's Home. PART TWO: POPULATION PATTERNS AND PROCESSES. Fundamentals of Population Geography. Processes and Cycles of Population Change. Migration and Its Causes. Routes of Human Mobility. PART THREE: THE GLOBAL LINGUISTIC MOSAIC. A Geography of Language. The Diffusion of Languages. Modern Language Mosaics. PART FOUR: THE GEOGRAPHY OF RELIGION. The Origin and Distribution of Religions. Religions: Location, Diffusion, and Cultural Landscape. Religion, Culture and Conflict. PART FIVE: LAND AND LAND USE IN THE RURAL SECTOR. Livelihoods of Rural People. Rural Settlement Forms. Commercial Agriculture. PART SIX: THE URBANIZING WORLD. Civilization and Urbanization. Urbanization and Location. Urban Pattern and Structure. Changing Cities in a Changing World. PART SEVEN: THE GEOGRAPHY OF MODERN ECONOMIC CHANGE. Concepts of Development. Industrial Activity and Geographic Location. World Industrial Regions. Deindustrialization and the Rise of the Service Sector. PART EIGHT: THE POLITICAL IMPRINT. Political Culture and the Evolving State. State Organization and National Power. Multinationalism on the Map. PART NINE: SOCIAL GEOGRAPHIES OF THE MODERN WORLD. A Geography of Nutrition. Spatial Patterns of Health and Disease. Geographies of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity. Gender and the Geography of Inequality. PART TEN: COPING WITH A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD. Human Alteration of the Physical Environment. Confronting Human--Induced Global Environmental Change. Policy Responses to Demographic Changes. Toward a New World Order? The Changing Global Political Landscape. Resources. Index.