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Haggett, Peter

Geography: a global synthesis/ Peter Haggett - New York: Pearson Hall, 2001. - xxi, 833 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I The Global Environment:
1. The earth as a planet --
2. The ever-changing climate --
3. The biosphere --
Part II The Human Population:
4. Human origins and dispersals --
5. Population dynamics --
6. Cultural diversities --
7. An urbanizing world --
Part III Resources and Landscapes:
8. Pressure on the ecosystem --
9. Resources and conservation --
10. Our role in changing the face of the earth --
11. The web of regions --
Part IV Geographic Structures:
12. Flows and networks --
13. Nodes and hierarchies -- 1
4. Surfaces --
15. Spatial diffusion --
Part V Geographic Tensions:
16. Territorial tensions --
Economic inequalities --
18. Globalization -- 19.
The global burden of disease ---
Part VI The geographer's Toolbox:
20. Maps and mapping --
21. Environmental remote sensing --
22. Geographic Information System --
Epilogue:
23. On going further in geography

ISBN: 0582320305 (pbk.) 9780582320307

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Earth Sciences--Geography, Regional
Geography

Dewey Class. No.: 910 / HAG/G