In today's world, what happens in places depends more and more on what happens among places. Introduction to Geography: People, Places, and Environment, Fifth Edition demonstrates that fact and shows that we can understand mapped patterns only if we recognize the movement that creates and continuously rearranges those patterns.
The authors discuss what happens in one set of geographic processes and how that process affects others. For example, what happens in economic systems affects environmental conditions; what happens to climate affects political dynamics. This text will introduce you to the major tools, techniques, and methodological approaches of the discipline of geography.
- lntroduction to Geography
- Weather and Climate
- Biogeochemical Cycles and the Biosphere
- Population and Migration
- Cultural Geography
- The Geography of Languages and Religions
- The Human Food Supply
- Earth's Resources and Environmental Protection
- Cities and Urbanization
- A World of States
- Paths to Economic Growth
- Global Challenges and the Scale of Response