Full Description
Travel the globe alongside National Geographic Explorers, engage in lively discussions on current world issues and navigate like a geographer through hands-on mapping activities. Experience human geography brought to life as you immerse yourself in Bednarz/Bockenhauer/Hiebert's HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: A SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE, First Edition, and MindTap digital resources.
This ground-breaking text is both engaging and easy to understand, providing a vivid introduction to key ideas and achievements in this exciting field, supported by real-world examples to make the content more memorable. Discover how human geography connects to your daily life through special features like National Geographic Explorers and ArcGIS Map Analysis activities, along with a wealth of full-color photos, relevant maps, helpful graphs and other visuals.
Contents
Part I: THINKING GEOGRAPHICALLY.
1. The Power of Geography: Geographic Thinking.
2. Geographic Inquiry: Data, Tools and Technology.
Part II: POPULATION AND MIGRATION PATTERNS AND PROCESSES.
3. Patterns of Population.
4. Population Growth and Decline.
5. Migration.
Part III: CULTURAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES.
6. Concepts of Culture.
7. Cultural Change.
8. Spatial Patterns of Language and Religion.
Part IV: POLITICAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES.
9. The Contemporary Political Map.
10. Spatial Patterns of Political Power.
11. Political Challenges and Changes.
Part V: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LAND PATTERNS AND PROCESSES.
12. Agriculture: Human-Environment Interaction.
13. Patterns and Practices of Agricultural Production.
14. Agricultural Sustainability in a Global Market.
Part VI: CITIES AND URBAN LAND-USE PATTERNS AND PROCESSES.
15. Urban Settlements.
16. The Urban Landscape.
17. Urban Living.
Part VII: INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND PROCESSES.
18. The Growth and Diffusion of Industrialization.
19. Measuring Human Development.
20. Globalization, Interdependence and Sustainability.
