People, Places, and Cultures
About This Book
1.1 Geography: The Science of Where, How, and Why Geography as a Body of Knowledge Geography seek to answer the “where,” “why,” and the “how.” Simply knowing where a country is located is undoubtedly helpful, but geographers dig deeper: - Why is it located there? - Why does it have a particular shape, and how does this shape affect how it interacts with its neighbors and its access to resources? - Why do the people of the country have certain cultural features? - Why does the country have a spec
| Category | general |
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| Subject | Social geography, Human geography |
| Year | 2023 |
| Authors | |
| Chapters | 18 |
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| Institution | Tulsa Community College |
| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 1.1 Geography: The Science of Where, How, and Why
- 2 1.3 Geographic Perspective
- 2.4 Migration
- 6 2.5 References
- 2.3 Overpopulation
- 3.4 Geography of World Religions
- 4.2 Political Identities
- 5.1 The Roots of Agriculture
- 7 5.6 References
- 9 6.2 Megacities and Urban Sprawl
- 11 6.4 Cities as Environmental and Sustainable Centers
- 12 6.5 References
- 13 7.1 The Industrial Revolution
- 14 7.2 Economic Geography
- 15 7.3 Human Development Index
- 20 8.1 Depletion of Natural Resources
- 23 8.3 Anthropocentric Climate Change
- 24 8.5 References