Equipping you with a real-world understanding of geography-related concepts, Hobbs/Dolan's "World Regional Geography," 8th Edition, introduces you to the 10 world regions by providing the historical, cultural, economic, political and physical context that makes each unique, while MindTap empowers you with anywhere, anytime digital learning tools and interactive ArcGIS-powered mapping activities. The text's emphasis on the impact of human interaction on geography helps you see the relevance of the field in everyday life. The 8th edition delivers the most up-to-date coverage available on the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, the increasing economic dominance of China, emerging geopolitical issues in the Middle East and North Africa and much more.
1. Objectives and Tools of World Regional Geography.
2. Physical Processes and World Regions.
3. Human Processes and World Regions.
4. Europe.
5. Russia and the Near Abroad.
6. The Middle East and North Africa.
7. South Asia.
8. East Asia.
9. Southeast Asia.
10. Oceania.
11. Sub-Saharan Africa.
12. Latin America and the Caribbean.
13. The United States and Canada.
A cartography and GIS professional with over two decades of experience, Andrew Dolan has served as the cartographer for World Regional Geography since 2004, helping transform complex geographic information into clear and accessible learning tools. He has also created graphs, charts and data tables for prior revisions, as well as contributing text updates and essential research ensuring that the book's content remained accurate, current and meaningful for students. Dolan has designed and updated maps for major online map platforms as well as hundreds of published works. Dolan pursued graduate studies in cartography at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where this textbook was originally conceived, and he remains an active member of the North American Cartographic Information Society. Joseph J. Hobbs is professor emeritus of geography at the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Middle East specialist with decades of field research on Bedouin peoples and desert biogeographies in Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. Growing up in Saudi Arabia sparked his interest in the region. He served as team leader of the Bedouin Support Program, identifying opportunities and benefits for local people in the St. Katherine Natural Protectorate project in Egypts Sinai Peninsula, and sought Bedouin input for a project to reintroduce leopards to protected areas in northwestern Arabia. While working for the Emirates Foundation, he led a team developing a national strategic plan for managing the environments of the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Hobbs research interests include indigenous peoples engagement in protected areas, human uses of caves worldwide, Arctic climate change, sacred places and the indigenous Cao Dai religion of Vietnam. He is the author of "Bedouin Life in the Egyptian Wilderness" and "Mount Sinai" (University of Texas Press), co-author of "The Birds of Egypt" (Oxford University Press) and co-editor and author of "Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes" (Oxford). A recipient of the University of Missouris highest teaching award, the Kemper Fellowship, Dr. Hobbs taught graduate and undergraduate courses in world regional geography, environmental geography, Middle East geography, cave geography, global current events, the geographies of drugs and terrorism, geopolitics and a field course on ancient Maya uses of caves in Belize. He has traveled to more than 100 countries and led adventure travel tours from 19841999 to remote regions across the globe, including the High Arctic and the North Pole. Dr. Hobbs earned his BA from UC Santa Cruz in 1978 and his MA and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and 1986. He and his wife Cindy live in Missouri.
