Human Geography : A Concise Introduction

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814993503321
• Autore: Boyle Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 9781118451489; 9781118451502
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 pages)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetti: Human geography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Human Geography: A Concise Introduction -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 A Concise Introduction to Human Geography -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Becoming Conscious of Your Geographical Imagination -- What is Human Geography? -- The Rise, Reign, and Faltering of Western Civilization from the Fifteenth Century in the Making of the Modern World -- How to Read This Book -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 2 Human Geography: A Brief History -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- A Framework for Studying the History of Geography -- Human Geography in the Premodern Era -- Human Geography in the Modern Era -- Early modern period -- Modern period -- Late modern period -- Human Geography in the Postmodern Era -- Postmodern Human Geography -- Human Geography and Big Data -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 3 Watersheds in Human History: Humanity's Triumph over Nature? -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- First Watershed: The Origins of the Human Species -- Second Watershed: First Migrations and the Peopling of the Planet -- Third Watershed: The Development of ; Human Culture and Invention of Settled Agriculture -- Fourth Watershed: The Rise and Fall of Civilizations -- Great civilizations in world history -- Why do civilizations rise and fall? -- Environmental History and the Rise of the West from the Tenth Century bce -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material.; Chapter 4 An Unequal but Changing World: Geographies of the World Capitalist Economy -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- An Unequal but Changing World -- The Old International Division of Labor (OIDL): Wallerstein's World-Systems Analysis -- Crises in the Core: The 1970s as a Turning Point in World History? -- Two Responses to Crises in the Core -- The New International Division of Labor (NIDL) -- The post-Fordist economy -- Three Emerging Economic Spaces: Consolidating the Core or Rebalancing in Favor of the Semi-periphery and Periphery? -- World cities -- High-technology clusters -- The Tiger economies of Southeast Asia -- The Future of the Ultra-periphery: The UNDP Millennium Development Goals -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 5 The Rise and Fall of Great Powers: Nation States, Empires, and Geopolitics -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- The Political Geography of Rule -- The ideas of the sovereign state, nations, and nation states -- The demise of the nation state and rise of a new era of multilevel governance -- Geopolitics and International Relations -- The rise and fall of European empires -- The European colonial (mis)adventure in Africa -- The Cold War -- The clash of civilizations? -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 6 The West in the Cultural Landscape: On Civilized Spaces and Unruly Places -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Culture in the Rise of the West -- A brief introduction to Western culture -- Ferguson's "cultural" explanation for the rise of the West -- Cultural Geography and the Study of Western Culture.; New Cultural Geography and the myth that West is best -- The West in the cultural landscape -- Civilizing Missions and Culture Wars: Civilized Spaces and Unruly Places -- Spaces of utopia and dystopia in the Western imagination -- One-dimensional space: the West's identikit worlds -- The Western frontier and places beyond the pale -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 7 The Modern Rise in World Population from 1750 -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Origins of the Demographic Transition Model -- Stages in the Demographic Transition Model -- Geography of Demographic Transitions -- Demographic transitions in history -- Demographic transitions yet to unfold -- The Demographic Transition Model and Mortality Decline -- Explaining mortality decline -- Policies for improved global health -- The Demographic Transition Model and Fertility Decline -- Explaining fertility decline -- Policies for lowering and increasing fertility levels -- Demographic Transition: The Case of China from 1949 -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 8 A Planet in Distress? Humanity's War on the Earth -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Population Pessimists: The Earth's Carrying Capacity, Overshoot, and Collapse -- Population Optimists: Population, the Ultimate Resource -- Population Neutralists: Political ; Ecology, Society, and Nature -- Climate Change: The Battleground for the Twenty-First Century? -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 9 Homo Urbanus: Urbanization and Urban Form from 1800 -- Chapter Learning Objectives.; Introduction -- Capitalism and the Urbanization of the Surface of the Earth -- Urbanization and Urban Form: The Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Industrial City -- This rise of homo urbanus in Europe from 1800 -- Capitalism and the emergence of the industrial city -- Modeling the form of the industrial city -- Voices of Decline: the death of the industrial city? -- Toward a New Era of Planetary Urbanization -- Urbanization trends 1950-2050 -- Los Angeles: our postmetropolis future? -- Megalopolis: the rise of urban galaxies? -- Planet of slums: megacities in the Global South -- The Chinese Experience of Urbanization -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 10 Global Migration: Moving, Settling, Staying Connected -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Great Diasporas in Human History -- International Migration Today -- Global South to Global South -- Global South to Global North -- Global North to Global North -- Global North to Global South -- Assimilating and Integrating into Host Societies -- The Impacts of Migration on Sending States and Host Countries -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 11 At Risk: Society and Natural Hazards -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Gilbert White: Pioneering Human Geographical Interest in Natural Hazards -- There is Nothing Natural about Natural Disasters: Risk=Exposure×Vulnerability (R=E×V) -- Mapping the World at Risk -- Toward a Safer Future: Resilience, Transition, and Transformation -- Hazards and their impacts 1900-2011 -- The Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015 -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References.; Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 12 Toward a Postcolonial Human Geography -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Explanation in Human Geography: Four Stories of the West and the World -- Toward a Postcolonial Human Geography -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- Index -- End User License Agreement.
• Sommario/riassunto: Using the story of the "West and the world" as its backdrop, this book provides for beginning students a clear and concise introduction to Human Geography, including its key concepts, seminal thinkers and their theories, contemporary debates, and celebrated case studies. Introduces and applies the basic concepts of human geography in clear, concise, and engaging prose Explores the significance of the rise, reign, and faltering of the West from around the fifteenth century in the shaping of the key demographic, environmental, social, economic, political, and cultural processes active in the world today Addresses important thinkers, debates, and theories in an accessible manner with a focus on discerning the inherent Western bias in human geographical ideas Incorporates case studies that explore human geographies which are being made in both Western and non Western regions, including Latin America, Africa and Asia. Is written so as to be accessible to students and contains chapter learning objectives, checklists of key ; ideas, chapter essay questions, zoom in boxes, guidance for further reading and a book glossary. Accompanied by a website at www.wiley.com/go/boyle featuring, for students, tutorial exercises, bonus zoom in boxes, links to further learning resources and biographies of key thinkers, and for instructors, further essay questions, multiple choice exam questions, and ppt lecture slides for each chapter.