Synopses & Reviews
This versatile book/interactive workbook enables readers to learn place geography – and, as they learn, to reinforce and apply that knowledge by constructing thematic maps which convey physical, economic, cultural, or political characteristics of places. Completely updates demographic and economic data; includesthe latest data illustrating new global trends in declining birth rates, labor migration, and rising incomes. Provides extensivecoverage of the AIDS/HIV crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. Includes location analyses of Disney Theme Parks in California, Florida, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong. A useful reference for anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of place geography.
Table of Contents
Please note this Table of Contents is from the fifth edition of Building Geographic Literacy.
Preface
1. The Significance of Place
2. The Frame of Reference: Earth’s Location Grid, Time Zones, and the International Date Line
3. Lands and Seas
4. The United States and Canada
5. Europe
6. Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia: A Region in Transformation
7. Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands
8. East Asia
9. South Asia
10. Southeast Asia
11. Africa South of the Sahara
12. The Middle East and North Africa
13. Latin America
Appendices
Index