TY - BOOK AU - Haggett,Peter TI - Geography: a global synthesis SN - 0582320305 (pbk.) U1 - 910 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Pearson Hall KW - Earth Sciences KW - Geography, Regional KW - Geography N1 - 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 ER -