Title: Geography Basics
Description: Geography Basics covers the most fundamental concepts of both physical and social geography. In order to further the geographic literacy of contemporary students, the articles in Geography Basics take an integrated approach to the field, emphasizing interconnections of every kind. The 1st Volume in this 2 Volume series addresses the question of what the study of geography is and then explores five basic fields: physical geography, biogeography and natural resources, human geography, economic geography, and political geography. The bulk of Volume 2 is a glossary containing about 1,600 definitions of basic geography terms (from "aa" to "zoning") and appendixes that include a comprehensive annotated bibliography, a summary of global geographical data, and rankings of the world's physical properties.
Subjects: Geography, Nonfiction, Reference, Geografie, Geographie