Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 133 mm x 212 mm, Gewicht: 297 g
Reihe: Why It Matters
Why It Matters
Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 133 mm x 212 mm, Gewicht: 297 g
Reihe: Why It Matters
ISBN: 978-1-5095-2300-9
Verlag: Polity Press
Today, the world is changing at an unprecedented pace, as a result of rising sea levels, deforestation, species extinction, rapid urbanization, and mass migration. Modern technologies have brought people from across the globe into contact with each other, with enormous political and cultural consequences. As a subject concerned with how people, environments, and places are organized and interconnected, geography provides a critical window into where things happen, why they happen where they do, and how geographical context influences environmental processes and human affairs. These perspectives make the study of geography more relevant than ever, yet it remains little understood.
In this engrossing book, Alexander B. Murphy explains why geography is so important to the current moment.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgments viii
Illustration Credits x
1 Geography's Nature and Perspectives 1
2 Spaces 31
3 Places 60
4 Nature and Society 87
5 Why We All Need Geography 110
Coda 133
Notes 138
Further Reading 147
Index 154