Author : Richard H. Jackson
Release : 1998
Genre : Geography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 327/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis World Regional Geography by : Richard H. Jackson
Download or read book World Regional Geography written by Richard H. Jackson. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook is designed to introduce readers to the geographic characteristics of our interconnected world at the end of the twentieth century.... The content of [this book] is designed to acquaint readers with the basic geographic facts and resulting relationships that contribute to the uniqueness of major world regions.... The text [first] deals with basic concepts: the contrast between rich and poor, the character and challenge of physical environments, human populations and their growth, and regional variations in economic systems. [It then] examines the regions with a high standard of living and quality of life. These are highly industrialized nations of Europe, Anglo-America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the countries created from the Soviet Union. [Finally it] deals with those regions that have been variously referred to, collectively, as the Third World, the Developing World, the less industrialized world, or even sometimes the region of underdevelopment. -Pref.