World regional geography : a development approach / edited by Douglas L. Johnson ... [et al.] ; contributors, Christopher A. Airriess ... [et al.].

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Pulling from an impressive team of ten authors, each chapter in this book has been authored by an expert in the region to provide the utmost accuracy and relevancy. World Regional Geography, 10/e explores the character of the world's people, with a central theme of human development, for an issues-oriented overview of each region. An emphasis on subregions (places within regions) enables readers to explore specific locales. An economic development themeoffers a more conceptual treatment than the traditional coverage of this topic.
Basic Concepts and Ideas; The United States and Canada; Latin America and the Caribbean; Europe; Northern Eurasia; Central Asia and Afghanistan; The Middle East and North Africa; Africa South of the Sahara; South Asia; East Asia; Southeast Asia; Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
A useful reference for anyone who wants to learn more about the different regions of the world.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Chapter One Basic Concepts and Ideas
• What Is Geography and Should We Care?
• Geography and Development in an Era of Globalization?
• Nature, Society, and Developmen?
• Chapter Two The United States and Canad?
• Merrill L. Johnson?
• The Physical and Human Contexts for Development?
• The Geography of Economic Development?
• Challenges in a Developed Real?
• Chapter Three Latin America and the Caribbea?
• David L. Clawson?
• Physical Diversity and Cultural Heritage?
• Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean: Lands of Contrast?
• South America: Regions of Uneven Development?
• Chapter Four
• Bella Bychkova-Jordan?
• The European Habitat?
• Culture, Society, Economy?
• Political Geography?
• Chapter Five Northern Eurasi?
• Robert Argenbright?
• Physical Geography and Historical Context?
• The Geography of Their Political Economie?
• Chapter Six Central Asia
• Chapter Seven The Middle East and North Afric?
• Douglas L. Johnson
• Physical and Cultural Environments?
• The Mediterranean Crescent: Maximizing Limited Resources?
• The Gulf States: Living on Oi?
• Chapter Eight Africa South of the Sahar?
• Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh
• Legacy of Continuity and Change?
• West, Central, and East Africa: Diversity in Developmen?
• Southern Africa: Development in Transitio?
• Chapter Nine South Asia?
• Christopher A. Airriess?
• A Physical and Human Overview?
• South Asia: India and Its Neighbor?
• Chapter Ten East Asia?
• Christopher A. Airriess?
• Japan?
• China and Its Pacific Rim Neighbor?
• Chapter Eleven Southeast Asia?
• Christopher A. Airriess?
• Chapter Twelve
• Simon Batterbury

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David Clawson is a Professor Emeritus of Geography in the College of Liberal Arts, University of New Orleans. He has a B.A. from the University of Utah, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He has served as Chair of the Department of Geography and as Director of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of New Orleans. His research interests center on third world agrarian development, the geography of religions and belief systems, and geographic education and thought. He is also the author of Latin America and the Caribbean: Lands and Peoples, 3rd ed. (McGraw-Hill, 2004), has served as editor of a number of scholarly volumes, and has published numerous journal articles. In addition to World Regional Geography, he taught courses in geographic education, Latin America, agricultural, cultural, and environmental geography. He has held Fulbright grants to Mexico and the Philippines and was also a recipient of the University of New Orleans Alumni Association's "Excellence in Teaching" Award.