World Regional Geography People, Places and Globalization
World Regional Geography People, Places and Globalization
World Regional Geography People, Places and Globalization
This book provides accurate and current information regarding world
regional geography in an easy-to-read format. Fundamental geographic concepts
and regions are presented in concise chapters that provide a foundational
framework for understanding development patterns around the world. It covers the
geography of the following region: Introduction to the World, Europe, Russia,
North America, Middle America, South America, Subsaharan Africa, North Africa
and Southwest Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, The
Pacific and Antarctica.
This note explores
the different aspects of the natural environment, including the atmosphere and
hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere and emphasizes the fundamental
relationships between these spheres.
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 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