Description
Book Synopsis* The text aims to develop geographic problem solving skills that prove valuable to readers. *14 stimulating chapters challenge students to collect, manipulate, display and interpret geographic information and data.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: True Maps, False Impressions: Making, Manipulating, and Interpreting Maps. Chapter 2: Layers of Tradition: Culture Regions at Different Scales. Chapter 3: Tracking the AIDS Epidemic in the United States: Diffusion through Space and Time. Chapter 4: Newton?s First Law of Migration: The Gravity Model. Chapter 5: One Billion and Counting: The Hidden Momentum of Population Growth in India. Chapter 6: Help Wanted: The Changing Geography of Jobs. Chapter 7: Rags and Riches: The Dimensions of Development. Chapter 8: Food for Thought: The Globalization of Agriculture. Chapter 9: Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Market Areas and the Urban Hierarchy. Chapter 10: Reading the Urban Landscape: Census Data and Field Observation. Chapter 11: The Disappearing Front Range: Urban Sprawl in Colorado. Chapter 12: Do Orange and Green Clash? Residential Segregation in Northern Ireland. Chapter 13: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Nations, States, and Nation-States. Chapter 14: Preserving the Planet: Human Impact on Environmental Systems.
