Geography Fall 2018 Title Catalog

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GEOGRAPHY TITLE CATALOG

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2018

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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Gender, Poverty, and Globalization Ronald W. Luna

© 2018

This text explores fundamental concepts of geography relating to developing countries. Students will learn how culture evolves spatially and temporally, and how these evolutions impact perceptions, actions, values, and ethnic identity. They will analyze major theories, and the human and physical contexts in which these theories are applied.

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SPATIAL CONNECTIONS World Regional Geography Jill Stackhouse

© 2017

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This anthology introduces the study of geography by offering a snapshot of the world’s landscapes through a series of articles. The book introduces spatial interconnection, helps students assess complicated relationships across the globe, and illustrates the landscapes on which issues and events play out, allowing students to connect concepts discussed in class to dynamic current events.

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RESOURCE MEASUREMENTS AND MAPPING A Goal-Based Approach Alexandra Locher

Š 2017

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This text provides students a foundation in the technical and analytical skills required to succeed in natural resources professions. Students learn about navigation and map-reading, compass use, topographic surveying, and vegetation sampling and analysis. They develop the preliminary spatial skills required for both Global Positioning Systems and Geographic Information Systems. They also become familiar with land cover classification.

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY A Serious Introduction Barney Warf

Š 2016

This text gives students a thorough, rigorous grounding in the subject and its historical, economic, political, cultural, and urban dimensions. The book addresses early cultures, languages, religion, the rise of capitalism, and globalization as components of human geographical systems. Each chapter includes a preview of the main points, a post-reading summary, a glossary of key terms, and study questions.

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REGIONAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION A Framework for Understanding Global Geography Brian McCabe

Š 2016 This text helps students to understand the influences that shape world regions. It employs conventional approaches to the study of world regions, then highlights important moments, events, and trends that either fostered conflict or led to regional cooperation. The material neatly sidesteps the possibility of becoming outdated by creating frameworks of understanding that enable students to process and analyze events as they happen.

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY READER Katherine Nashleanas

Š 2014

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This reader helps students see as a geographer sees, practice thinking and observing spatially, and ask the kinds of questions a geographer asks. Readings emphasize basic concepts of place, space, region, interaction, and movement to teach students to view standard topics in geography from a true geographic perspective. They invite the reader to apply this perspective to real-world events and processes.

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CONTINENTAL COMPLEXITIES A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Africa Dr. Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe and Dr. Akinloye Ojo

Š 2013

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This multidisciplinary anthology offers deep insight into Africa and its people, leaving readers with a much greater understanding of the continent and its issues. The Collection provides contextualized information in order to educate, clarify, and illustrate the story of the continent.

AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Jose Javier Lopez, Wayne E. Allen, and Cynthia A. Miller

Š 2013 Combining essays selected from geographers and non-geographers, this anthology illustrates the presence of geography in texts and manuscripts that people often label as non-geographic. This approach helps social science students identify geography where it is often believed to be absent, and it encourages non-geographers to realize that they can contribute their talents to the richness of geographic knowledge.

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GIS, HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, AND DISASTERS Andrew Curtis and Jacqueline W. Mills

© 2009 This book is about people and places impacted by disasters. As geographers we emphasize the spatial, using maps to more fully understand the social processes at work. Topics covered include, “Social” GIS and disasters, spatial comparisons between disasters, spatial patterns in social and health vulnerability, post-disaster health, and neighborhood scale recovery.

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