This note covers the following
topics: Maps and mapmaking, Landforms, Map projections, Climate, Primary
economic activity, Population, Urbanization and suburbanization, Geopolitics,
Tertiary economic activity, Air pollution, Natural hazards, Climate change,
mapping technology, Water resources.
This page provides an online book
World Regional Geography by Caitlin Finlayson that covers the following topics
related to Geography : Introduction, Europe, Russia, North America, Middle and
South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Southwest Asia, South Asia,
East and Southeast Asia, Oceania.
This book integrates key concepts behind the technology with practical
concerns and real-world applications. Topics covered includes: Map Anatomy,
Data, Information, and Where to Find Them, Data Models for GIS, Geospatial Data
Management, Data Characteristics and Visualization, Geospatial Analysis : Vector
Operations, Cartographic Principles, GIS Project Management.
This note introduces the basic
concepts of Biogeography, mainly concerned with the factors that determine the
distribution of living organisms and their impact on the environment. Topics
covered includes: Climatic Elements and Their Global Distribution, Climatic
Controls And Factors, Climatic Classification, Micro And Man-made Climates,
Climate Change and Fluctuations, Science Of Biogeography, Ecosystem Concept,
Patterns and Types Of Distribution Of Living Organisms, Vegetation Processes,
World Vegetation Its Distribution and Classification, Soils.
Author(s): Dr.
Joy Apiyo Obando and Dr. George Lukoye Makokha