Fundamentals of world regional geography

1.Objectives and Tools of World Regional Geography 1.1.Welcome to World Regional Geography 1.2.The Language of Maps Insights: Mental Maps Insights: Core Location and Peripheral Location 1.3.Geographic Technologies and Careers Insights: GIS in Action 2.Physical Processes and World Regions 2.1.Geologic Processes 2.2.Patterns of Climate and Vegetation 2.3.Biodiversity 2.4.The World's Oceans 2.5.Global Environmental Change Geography of Energy: The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond 3.Human Processes and World Regions 3.1.Two Revolutions That Have Changed the Earth 3.2.The Geography of Development Insights: Globalization: "The World Is Flat" Insights: Deforestation and the Fuelwood Crisis 3.3.The Geography of Population 3.4.An Action Plan for Global Problems 4.Europe 4.1.Area and Population Insights: Site and Situation Regional Perspective: Islamophobia in Europe

Contents note continued: 4.2.Physical Geography and Human Adaptations 4.3.Cultural and Historical Geographies Insights: Devolution 4.4.Economic Geography Insights: Genetically Modified Foods and "Food Fights" 4.5.Geopolitical Issues 4.6.Regional Issues and Landscapes The European Core Properties of the European Core Great Britain: Aging Seat of World Power Ireland: Troubles and Resilience on the Emerald Isle Many Troubles Paris as a Primate City Divided and Reunified Germany East Germany, Still German Europe Paves the Way on Alternative Energy The European Periphery Properties of the European Periphery Northern Europe Southern Europe Eastern Europe 5.Russia and the Near Abroad Insights: Regional Names of Russia and the Near Abroad 5.1.Area and Population Insights: The Ominous "Russian Cross" 5.2.Physical Geography and Human Adaptations Geography of the World's Great Rivers: The Volga

Contents note continued: 5.3.Cultural and Historical Geographies Insights: Russia and Other Land Empires Geography of Sacred Space: Stalingrad 5.4.Economic Geography 5.5.Geopolitical Issues Problem Landscape: Chechnya and Dagestan: Defying Russia in the Caucasus Geography of Energy: Oil in the Caspian Basin 5.6.Regional Issues and Landscapes Peoples and Resources of the Coreland The Ukraine Chernobyl Farming the Fertile Triangle Russia's Far East and Northern Lands The Far East The Wild North Baikal The Caucasus A Cauldron of Inter-Ethnic Conflict Nagorno-Karabkh Central Asia The Shrinking Aral Sea 6.The Middle East and North Africa 6.1.Area and Population 6.2.Physical Geography and Human Adaptations Perspectives from the Field: Way-Finding in the Desert 6.3.Cultural and Historical Geographies Geography of Sacred Space: Jerusalem Insights: Sunni and Shiite Muslims 6.4.Economic Geography

Contents note continued: 6.5.Geopolitical Issues Geography of Energy: Pipelines and Chokepoints in the Middle East Regional Perspective: The Aswan High Dam 6.6.Regional Issues and Landscapes Israel and Palestine The Arab-Israeli Conflict Arabs and Jews: The Demographic Dimension Land for Peace The Arab Spring Stirring from Stagnation The Pharaoh Falls The Libyan Domino Syria's Minority Dynasty versus the People of Syria Bahrain: A Pearl Is Crushed Revolt in Yemen's Mountainous Redoubt Hallmarks of the Revolution What Now? The Arab Fall What about Uncle Sam? The Gulf Oil Region GIS Helps Turn an Arabian Mirage into Reality Iraq and the United States: A Deadly Dance The Kurds Hotspot Iran Turkey: Where East Meets West Is Turkey European? Or Is Turkey a Great Middle Eastern Power? 7.South and East Asia 7.1.Area and Population 7.2.Physical Geography and Human Adaptations

Contents note continued: Geographic Spotlight: China's One-Child Policy Perspectives from the Field: The Lost City of Bangkok Insights: Shifting Cultivation Regional Landscapes: Zomia 7.3.Cultural and Historical Geographies Geography of Sacred Space: The Korean Village 7.4.Economic Geography Insights: Outsourcing 7.5.Geopolitical Issues Geography of Energy: The Spratly Islands, Geopolitical Hot Spot in the South China Sea 7.6.Regional Issues and Landscapes South Asia Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires Faith, Sectarianism, and Strife The Caste System Keeping Malthas at Bay Low-Lying Bangladesh and Maldives: Canaries in the Climate Change Coal Mine? Southeast Asia Deforestation of Southeast Asia The Great Tsunami of 2004 Misrule in Myanmar The Lady of Burma Sex, Drugs, and Health in Southeast Asia Vietnam Then and Now Geography of the World's Great Rivers: The Mekong Visualizing Climate Change with GIS

Contents note continued: Indonesia: One Country, One People, One Language, 300 Ethnic Groups China Han Colonization of China's "Wild West" The Three Gorges Dam Chang Jiang Water Transfer Project What's Next for Industrial China? Taiwan and the Two Chinas Problem Japan and the Koreas Japan's Postwar and Its Costs The Law of the Sea North and South Korea: Night and Day 8.Oceania and Antarctica 8.1.Area and Population 8.2.Physical Geography and Human Adaptations Insights: Deforestation and the Decline of Easter Island: A Parable? 8.3.Cultural and Historical Geographies Perspectives from the Field: In Search of John Frum 8.4.Economic Geography 8.5.Geopolitical Issues Regional Perspective: Foreign Militaries in the Pacific: A Mixed Blessing 8.6.Regional Issues and Landscapes Australia and New Zealand Becoming Less British, More Asian-Pacific Australia's Original Inhabitants Reclaim Rights to the Land

Contents note continued: Exotic Species on the Island Continent Antarctica: The White Continent 9.Sub-Saharan Africa 9.1.Area and Population 9.2.Physical Geography and Human Adaptations Medical Geography: HIV and Aids In Africa 9.3.Cultural and Historical Geographies Regional Perspective: The Great Rift Valley Insights: Africa's Greatest Conservationist Perspectives from the Field: Under Madagascar 9.4.Economic Geography Problem Landscape: Cleaning Up the Dirty Diamonds 9.5.Geopolitical Issues 9.6.Regional Issues and Landscapes The Sahel Drought and Desertification in the Sahel West Africa The Poor, Oil-Rich Delta of Nigeria East Africa No More Divisionism? West Central Africa Colonialism and Modem Struggles The Horn of Africa The Galapagos Islands of Religion Southern Africa Ethnicity, Colonialism, Strife, and Reconciliation in South Africa The Indian Ocean Islands

Contents note continued: Madagascar and the Theory of Island Biogeography 10.Latin America 10.1.Area and Population 10.2.Physical Geography and Human Adaptations Geography of Natural Hazards: Heartbreak in Haiti 10.3.Cultural and Historical Geographies 10.4.Economic Geography Insights: Fair Trade Fruits Regional Perspective: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 10.5.Geopolitical Issues Geography of Drug Trafficking: The War on Drugs 10.6.Regional Issues and Landscapes Middle America Mexico: Higher and Further Central America The Panama Canal South America Venezuela's Petroleum Politics Colombia's Potential and Peril Brazil, Stirring Giant The Amazon, Its Forest, and Its People 11.The United States and Canada 11.1.Area and Population 11.2.Physical Geography and Human Adaptations Geography Of Natural Hazards: Nature's Wrath in the United States 11.3.Cultural and Historical Geographies

Contents note continued: 11.4.Economic Geography

Geography of Energy: Energy Alternatives in the United States

Insights: Trade Barriers and Subsidies

11.5.Geopolitical Issues

11.6.Regional Issues and Landscapes

Canada

The Quebec Separatist Movement

Overfished Waters

Race for the Arctic

Greenland: A White Land

The United States

Reference Map

Adaptive Reuse and Gentrifcation

The Changing Geography of American Settlement

The Big Apple

San Francisco: The City by the Bay

The Thirsty West

Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.