Geography: a global synthesis/ Peter Haggett

By: Haggett, PeterMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York: Pearson Hall, 2001Description: xxi, 833 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cmISBN: 0582320305 (pbk.); 9780582320307Subject(s): Earth Sciences -- Geography, Regional | GeographyDDC classification: 910
Contents:
Part I The Global Environment: 1. The earth as a planet -- 2. The ever-changing climate -- 3. The biosphere -- Part II The Human Population: 4. Human origins and dispersals -- 5. Population dynamics -- 6. Cultural diversities -- 7. An urbanizing world -- Part III Resources and Landscapes: 8. Pressure on the ecosystem -- 9. Resources and conservation -- 10. Our role in changing the face of the earth -- 11. The web of regions -- Part IV Geographic Structures: 12. Flows and networks -- 13. Nodes and hierarchies -- 1 4. Surfaces -- 15. Spatial diffusion -- Part V Geographic Tensions: 16. Territorial tensions -- Economic inequalities -- 18. Globalization -- 19. The global burden of disease --- Part VI The geographer's Toolbox: 20. Maps and mapping -- 21. Environmental remote sensing -- 22. Geographic Information System -- Epilogue: 23. On going further in geography
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I The Global Environment:
1. The earth as a planet --
2. The ever-changing climate --
3. The biosphere --
Part II The Human Population:
4. Human origins and dispersals --
5. Population dynamics --
6. Cultural diversities --
7. An urbanizing world --
Part III Resources and Landscapes:
8. Pressure on the ecosystem --
9. Resources and conservation --
10. Our role in changing the face of the earth --
11. The web of regions --
Part IV Geographic Structures:
12. Flows and networks --
13. Nodes and hierarchies -- 1
4. Surfaces --
15. Spatial diffusion --
Part V Geographic Tensions:
16. Territorial tensions --
Economic inequalities --
18. Globalization -- 19.
The global burden of disease ---
Part VI The geographer's Toolbox:
20. Maps and mapping --
21. Environmental remote sensing --
22. Geographic Information System --
Epilogue:
23. On going further in geography

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