World Regional Geography People, Places and Globalization
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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 page
provides an online book Physical Geography and Natural Disasters by R. Adam
Dastrup that covers the following topics related to Geography : Introduction to
Geographic Science, Universe and Solar System, Planet Earth, Tectonic Forces,
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition, Fresh Water Environments, Oceans and
Coastal Environments, Atmosphere and Weather, Weather Systems and Severe
Weather, Global Climates and Change.
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
This little book represents an attempt to develop a working knowledge of
some of the principles of geography through the problem method of attack. Topics
covered includes: The Earth As A Whole, Divisions Of The Earth's Surface: Land
And Sea, The Surface Of The Land: Topography, Hydrography, The Atmosphere,
Climatic Types And Their Correlatives, Distribution Of Vegetation, Distribution
Of Animals and Distribution Of Man.