Title:
Human geography in action
Author:
Kuby, Michael.
ISBN:
9781118422571
Personal Author:
Edition:
6th ed.
Publication Information:
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., c2013.
Physical Description:
xxxiv, 478 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 True Maps, False Impressions: Making, Manipulating, and Interpreting Maps -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Scale -- Activity 2 Thematic Maps -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 2 Layers of Tradition: Culture Regions at Different Scales -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Mapping Culture Regions -- Activity 2 Culture Traits of Your Culture Subregion -- Activity 3 Regional Imagery -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 3 Tracking the AIDS Epidemic in the United States: Diffusion Through Space and Time -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Mapping the Diffusion of AIDS -- Activity 2 AIDS Rates and Distance from Initial Centers -- Activity 3 S-curves -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 4 Newton's First Law of Migration: The Gravity Model -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Predicting Migration with the Gravity Model -- Activity 2 Scatter Diagram -- Activity 3 Residual Map -- Activity 4 Evaluation --
Contents note continued: Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 5 One Billion and Counting: The Hidden Momentum of Population Growth in India -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Matching Demographic Descriptions with Population Pyramids -- Activity 2 Demographic Momentum -- Activity 3 Interpreting Population Change -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 6 Help Wanted: The Changing Geography of Jobs -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Regional Economic Specialization -- Activity 2 Regional Multipliers -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 7 Rags and Riches: The Dimensions of Development -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Economic Model of Development -- Activity 2 Human Welfare Model of Development -- Activity 3 Comparing Economic Development and Human Welfare Development Models -- Activity 4 Alternative Indicators of Development -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 8 Food for Thought: The Globalization of Agriculture -- Introduction -- Case Study --
Contents note continued: Activity 1 Agricultural Landscapes and Production Methods -- Activity 2 Global Sources for Your Local Supermarket -- Activity 3 Remote Sensing and Agricultural Land-Use Change -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 9 Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Market Areas and the Urban Hierarchy -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Threshold of a Function -- Activity 2 Market Area Geography -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 10 Reading the Urban Landscape: Census Data and Field Observation -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Census Tract Data -- Activity 2 Field Survey -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 11 The Disappearing Front Range: Urban Sprawl in Colorado -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Transportation and Urban Growth -- Activity 2 Urban Sprawl Scenario Analysis -- Activity 3 Urban Sprawl Debate and Consensus Building -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 12 Do Orange and Green Clash? Residential Segregation in Northern Ireland --
Contents note continued: Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Mapping Religious Affiliation -- Activity 2 Index of Segregation -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 13 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Nations, States, and Nation-States -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 The Rise of Nationalism and the Fall of Yugoslavia -- Activity 2 Iraqaphobia -- Definitions of Key Terms -- ch. 14 Preserving the Planet: Human Impact on Environmental Systems -- Introduction -- Case Study -- Activity 1 Environmental Impacts (IPAT) by Development -- Category: A Global Warming Case Study -- Activity 2 Human-Environment Systems Analysis -- Activity 3 Conflicting Viewpoints on Environmental Problems -- Definitions of Key Terms -- APPENDIX -- Reference Maps -- North American Cities -- World Map -- North America.