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"Anyone interested in learning about geographic concepts will appreciate this concise text that highlights the most important concepts. The fifth edition presents authoritative content, currency, and outstanding cartography. It continues to build on its strength for understanding maps with the help of additional question types. New coauthor Jan Nijman also helps provide a current view of the field. With its up-to-date information and accessible introduction, this text is engaging for any student"--

The World Today is the number one bestselling brief World Regional Geography textbook. The seventh edition continues to bring readers geographic perspectives on a fast-changing world through the regional view. Restructured chapters provide a macro review of important physical, cultural, and political characteristics, drawing upon up-to-date significant world events and crises. The cartographically superior maps have been updated for the seventh edition to offer an accurate and vast picture of the world--multi-layer, interactive, GIA maps have been added to WileyPLUS Learning Space. To complement the extensive map program, the majority of the photos have been taken by our authors during their field research, allowing the student to experience an authentic geographical viewpoint of our world. This text is an unbound, three hole punched version. Access to WileyPLUS sold separately.

Introduction: World Regional Geography, Global Perspectives 2(30)
A World on Maps
4(1)
Maps in Our Minds
4(1)
Mapping Revolutions
4(1)
Geography's Perspective
5(2)
A Spatial Viewpoint
5(1)
Environment and Society
6(1)
Spatial Patterns
6(1)
Scale and Scope
6(1)
World Geographic Realms
7(3)
Criteria for Geographic Realms
7(2)
Delineating Realms: Boundaries and Transition Zones
9(1)
Two Varieties of Realms
9(1)
Regions Within Realms
10(1)
Criteria for Regions
10(1)
Interconnections
10(1)
The Physical Setting
11(3)
Natural Landscapes
11(1)
Geology and Natural Hazards
11(1)
Climate
12(1)
Global Climate Change
12(1)
Climatic Regions
13(1)
Realms of Population
14(3)
Major Population Clusters
17(1)
Toward an Urban World
17(1)
Realms of Culture
17(5)
The Geography of Language
20(1)
Landscapes of Religion
20(2)
A World of States
22(1)
The European Origins of the Modern State
22(1)
Power and Geopolitics
23(1)
Geographies of Development
23(3)
Development in Spatial Perspective
25(1)
A Complex, Core-Periphery World
25(1)
Globalization
26(3)
Globalization and Environmental Challenges
26(1)
Globalization and Population Movements
27(2)
Economic Globalization, Growth, and Inequality
29(1)
Regional and Systematic Geography
29(3)
Chapter 1 The North American Realm 32(28)
Defining The Realm
34(18)
Major Geographic Qualities Of North America
34(2)
Population Clusters
36(1)
North America's Physical Geography
36(3)
Physiographic Regions
36(1)
Climate
37(2)
Great Lakes and Great Rivers
39(1)
Native Americans and European Settlement
39(1)
Cultural Foundations
40(1)
The Federal Map of North America
40(3)
The Distribution of Natural Resources
43(1)
Urbanization and the Spatial Economy
44(5)
Industrial Cities
44(1)
Realm of Railroads
45(1)
Deindustrialization and Suburbanization
46(1)
The Information Economy and City Regions
46(2)
The Polycentric Metropolis
48(1)
Effects of the Great Recession
48(1)
Changing Geographies of Economic Opportunity
49(1)
The Making of a Multicultural Realm
49(1)
The Virtues of Mobility and Immigration
49(1)
The Challenge of Multiculturalism
50(1)
Regionalism in Canada: Divisive Forces
50(2)
Canada's Spatial Structure
50(1)
Cultural Contrasts
50(1)
The Ascendancy of Indigenous Peoples
51(1)
Regionalism and Ethnicity in the United States
52(8)
Regions Of North America
53(1)
The North American Core (1)
53(1)
The Maritime Northeast (2)
53(2)
French Canada (3)
55(1)
The Southeast (4)
55(1)
The Southwest (5)
55(1)
The Pacific Hinge (6)
56(1)
The Western Frontier (7)
57(1)
The Continental Interior (8)
58(1)
The Northern Frontier (9)
58(2)
Chapter 2 The Middle American Realm 60(30)
Defining The Realm
62(9)
Major Geographic Qualities Of Middle America
62(1)
The Realm's Northern Boundary
63(2)
A Troubled Border Zone
64(1)
Physical Geography of Middle America
65(2)
A Land Bridge
65(1)
Island Chains
65(1)
Dangerous Landforms
65(1)
Altitudinal Zonation of Environments
66(1)
Tropical Deforestation
66(1)
Cultural Geography
67(2)
Mesoamerican Legacy
67(1)
Spanish Conquest
67(1)
Collision of Cultures
68(1)
Political and Economic Fragmentation
69(2)
Independence
69(1)
Regional Contrasts
69(1)
Connections Matter
70(1)
Is Small Beautiful?
70(1)
The Push for Regional Integration
71(1)
Regions Of Middle America
71(19)
Mexico
71(7)
Physiography
71(2)
Regional Diversity
73(1)
Population and Urbanization Patterns
74(1)
A Mix of Cultures
75(1)
Agriculture: Fragmented Modernization
75(1)
Evolving Economic Geographies
75(2)
States of Contrast
77(1)
The Drug Wars
77(1)
The Central American Republics
78(6)
A Land Bridge
78(1)
Trapped in the Narcotics Trade
79(1)
Guatemala
79(1)
Belize
80(1)
Honduras
81(1)
El Salvador
81(1)
Nicaragua
82(1)
Costa Rica
82(1)
Panama
82(2)
The Caribbean Basin
84(1)
Fragmentation, Insularity, and Vulnerability
84(1)
Social Cleavages
84(1)
The Greater Antilles
85(4)
Cuba
85(1)
Jamaica
86(1)
Haiti
86(2)
Dominican Republic
88(1)
Puerto Rico
88(1)
The Lesser Antilles
89(1)
Chapter 3 The South American Realm 90(32)
Defining The Realm
92(10)
Major Geographic Qualities Of South America
92(1)
Physiography
92(1)
Explorers' Continent
92(1)
Myriad Climates and Habitats
93(1)
States Ancient and Modern
93(2)
The Inca State
93(1)
The Iberian Invaders
93(1)
Independence and Isolation
94(1)
The Population Map—Then and Now
94(1)
The Cultural Mosaic
95(1)
Indigenous Reawakening
95(1)
African Descendants
96(1)
Ethnic Landscapes
96(1)
Economic Geography
96(3)
Agricultural Land Use and Deforestation
96(1)
The Geography of Cocaine
97(1)
Industrial Development
98(1)
Economic Integration
98(1)
The Commodities Boom and Its Aftermath
98(1)
Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions
99(2)
Rural-Urban Migration
99(1)
Regional Patterns
100(1)
Problems of Inequality
101(1)
External Relations
101(1)
The Shadow of the United States
101(1)
China's Growing Economic Clout
102(1)
Regions Of South America
102(20)
The Caribbean North
102(5)
Colombia
104(2)
Venezuela
106(1)
The 'Three Guianas'
107(1)
The Andean West
107(5)
Peru
108(1)
Ecuador
109(1)
Bolivia
110(1)
Paraguay
111(1)
The Southern Cone
112(4)
Argentina
112(2)
Chile
114(1)
Uruguay
115(1)
Brazil: Giant Of South America
116(5)
Population and Culture
116(1)
Inequality and Poverty
117(1)
Development Prospects
118(1)
Brazil's Subregions
118(3)
Future Prospects of South America
121(1)
Chapter 4 The European Realm 122(42)
Defining The Realm
124(16)
Major Geographic Qualities Of Europe
124(1)
Geographical Features
124(3)
Europe's Eastern Boundary
124(1)
Climate and Resources
125(1)
Landforms and Opportunities
126(1)
Locational Advantages
127(1)
Modern Historical Geography
127(3)
The Industrial Revolution
127(1)
Political Revolutions
128(2)
Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm
130(2)
Cultural Diversity
130(1)
Spatial Interaction
130(1)
A Highly Urbanized Realm
130(2)
A Changing Population Mosaic
132(1)
Negative Natural Population Growth
132(1)
The Growing Multicultural Challenge
132(1)
European Unification
133(2)
Background
133(1)
The Unification Process
134(1)
Consequences of Unification
135(1)
One Market
135(1)
A New Economic Geography
136(1)
Diminished State Power and New Regionalism
136(1)
Redefining Europe: Difficult Choices
136(4)
Widening or Deepening?
136(1)
The Euro Crisis
137(2)
The Remaining Outsiders
139(1)
NATO, the United States, and European Security
140(1)
Regions Of Europe
140(24)
Europe's Regional Complexity
140(1)
Western Europe
141(9)
Germany
141(2)
France
143(3)
Benelux
146(1)
The Alpine States
147(1)
The Czech Republic
148(1)
The United Kingdom (UK)
148(2)
Republic of Ireland
150(1)
Northern Europe
150(3)
Sweden
150(1)
Norway
151(1)
Denmark
152(1)
Finland
152(1)
Iceland
153(1)
Mediterranean Europe
153(3)
Spain and Portugal
153(1)
Italy
154(1)
Slovenia and Croatia
155(1)
Greece, Cyprus, and Malta
155(1)
Eastern Europe
156(6)
The Balkans
156(2)
East-Central Europe
158(1)
The Baltic States
158(2)
The Eastern Periphery
160(2)
Europe's Future Prospects
162(2)
Chapter 5 The Russian/Central Asian Realm 164(34)
Defining The Realm
166(13)
Major Geographic Qualities Of Russia/central Asia
166(1)
Physical Geography of Russia/Central Asia
167(4)
Physiographic Regions
167(1)
Climate and Vegetation
168(1)
Climates and Peoples
169(1)
Climate Change and Arctic Prospects
170(1)
Ecologies at Risk
171(1)
The Natural Riches of Russia and Central Asia
171(1)
Russia's Czarist Roots
171(3)
Grand Duchy of Muscovy
171(1)
Eighteenth-Century Czarist Russia
172(1)
Nineteenth-Century Expansion
173(1)
A Multinational Empire
173(1)
The Soviet Union (1922-1991)
174(2)
The Soviet Territorial Framework
174(1)
The Soviet Economic Framework
175(1)
The Downfall of the Soviet Union
176(1)
Post-Soviet Russia and Central Asia
176(3)
A Complex Cultural Mosaic
176(1)
The Near Abroad
176(2)
Playing Russia's Energy Card
178(1)
Regions Of Russia And Central Asia
179(19)
The New Russia
180(3)
Russia's Political-Administrative Structure
180(1)
Russia's Shrinking Population
180(3)
A Volatile Economy
183(1)
The Russian Core
184(2)
Central Industrial Region
185(1)
Povolzhye: The Volga Region
185(1)
The Urals Region
185(1)
The Southeastern Frontier
186(1)
The Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbas)
186(1)
The Lake Baykal Area (Baykaliya)
187(1)
Siberia
187(1)
The Russian Far East
187(1)
Transcaucasia
188(4)
Russia's Internal Periphery
191(1)
Russia's External Periphery
191(1)
Central Asia
192(4)
The Five States of Central Asia
193(2)
A New Silk Road?
195(1)
A Realm in Flux
196(2)
Chapter 6 The North African/southwest Asian Realm 198(40)
Defining The Realm
200(16)
Major Geographic Qualities Of North Africa/southwest Asia
200(1)
Naming This Pivotal Realm
200(2)
A 'Dry World'?
200(1)
Is This the 'Middle East'?
201(1)
An 'Arab World'?
201(1)
An 'Islamic World'?
201(1)
Hearths of Cultures
202(2)
Dimensions of Culture
202(1)
Rivers and Communities
203(1)
Stage for Islam
204(2)
The Faith
204(1)
The Arab-Islamic Empire
204(1)
Islam and Other Religions
205(1)
Islam Divided
205(1)
The Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath
206(1)
Population and the New Political Framework
206(1)
The Power and Peril of Oil
207(3)
Winners and Losers
207(2)
A Foreign Invasion
209(1)
The Geography of Oil's Impact
209(1)
Fragmented Modernization
210(2)
Oil-Generated Inequalities
210(1)
The Absence of Democratic Traditions
211(1)
The Arab Spring of 2011 and Its Aftermath
212(1)
The Diffusion of Popular Unrest
212(1)
Unfulfilled Arab-Spring Promises
212(1)
Politics and Religion
213(1)
Religious Revivalism
213(1)
Terrorism in the Name of Islam
213(1)
A Realm in Turmoil
214(2)
Regions Of North Africa/southwest Asia
216(22)
Egypt And The Lower Nile Basin
216(4)
Gift of the Nile
218(1)
Political Upheaval and Economic Challenges
218(1)
Sudan
219(1)
The Middle East
220(5)
Iraq's Enduring Importance
221(1)
Syria
221(1)
Jordan
222(1)
Lebanon
222(1)
Israel and the Palestinian Territories
222(2)
Geographic Obstacles to a Two-State Solution
224(1)
The Arabian Peninsula
225(3)
Saudi Arabia
225(2)
The Rise of the Gulf States
227(1)
Yemen
227(1)
The Empire States
228(4)
Turkey
228(2)
Iran
230(2)
The Maghreb And Its Neighbors
232(2)
The Maghreb Countries
232(1)
Libya
233(1)
Adjoining Saharan Africa
234(1)
The African Transition Zone
234(6)
The Horn of Africa
234(1)
Somalia
235(2)
Ethiopia
237(1)
Chapter 7 The Subsaharan African Realm 238(40)
Defining The Realm
240(20)
Major Geographic Qualities Of Subsaharan Africa
240(1)
Africa's Physiography
240(3)
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
242(1)
Africa's Historical Geography
243(1)
African Genesis
243(1)
The Colonial Transformation
244(4)
Impact of the Slave Trade
245(1)
Colonization
246(2)
Human-Environment Relations in Subsaharan Africa
248(2)
Colonial Legacy
248(1)
The Geography of Farming
248(2)
Neocolonial Land Grabs
250(1)
Population and Health
250(2)
Epidemics and Pandemics
251(1)
HIV/AIDS: The Continuing Struggle
251(1)
The Ebola Crisis of 2014-2015
252(1)
Cultural Patterns
252(2)
African Languages
252(1)
Religion
253(1)
Urbanization and Africa's Dual Economies
254(1)
Urban Housing Innovations: The I-Shack
254(1)
Africa Rising?
255(5)
China's Role in Emerging Africa
255(2)
Africa's Need for Supranational Cooperation
257(3)
Regions Of Subsaharan Africa
260(18)
West Africa
260(5)
Nigeria
260(3)
Coast and Interior
263(2)
East Africa
265(3)
Tanzania
265(1)
Ethiopia
265(1)
Uganda
266(1)
Rwanda and Burundi
267(1)
Kenya
267(1)
Madagascar
268(1)
Equatorial Africa
268(2)
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)
268(2)
South Sudan
270(1)
Southern Africa
270(10)
Africa's Resource-Rich Region
270(2)
The Northern Tier
272(1)
The Middle Tier
272(1)
South Africa
273(5)
Chapter 8 The South Asian Realm 278(36)
Defining The Realm
280(17)
Major Geographic Qualities Of South Asia
280(1)
The Geographic Panorama
280(1)
South Asia's Physiography
281(2)
A Tectonic Encounter
281(1)
The Monsoon
282(1)
Physiographic Regions
283(1)
Birthplace of Civilizations
283(2)
Indus Valley Civilization
283(1)
Aryans and the Origins of Hinduism
283(1)
Buddhism and Other Indigenous Religions
284(1)
Foreign Invaders
285(2)
The Reach of Islam
285(1)
The European Intrusion
286(1)
The Geopolitics of Modern South Asia
287(3)
Partition and Independence
287(1)
India—Pakistan
287(1)
Contested Kashmir
288(1)
The Specter of Terrorism
289(1)
Chinese Border Claims
290(1)
Indian Ocean Geopolitics
290(1)
Emerging Markets and Fragmented Modernization
290(3)
Economic Liberalization
290(2)
The Significance of Agriculture
292(1)
South Asia's Population Geography
293(4)
Population Density and the Question of Overpopulation
293(1)
The Demographic Transition
294(1)
Demographic Burdens
295(1)
The Missing Girls
295(2)
Regions Of South Asia
297(17)
The West
299(3)
Afghanistan: Unstable Transition Zone
299(2)
Pakistan
301(1)
Prospects of Afghanistan and Pakistan
302(1)
India: Giant Of The Realm
302(8)
Political Geography
303(1)
Communal Tensions
303(4)
Economic Geography
307(1)
Urbanization
308(2)
Bangladesh
310(1)
A Vulnerable Territory
310(1)
Limited Opportunities—Creative Development Strategies
310(1)
The Northern Mountain States
311(1)
Nepal
311(1)
Bhutan
312(1)
The Southern Islands
312(4)
The Maldives
312(1)
Sri Lanka: Paradise Lost and Regained?
313(1)
Chapter 9 The East Asian Realm 314(38)
Defining The Realm
316(12)
Major Geographic Qualities Of East Asia
316(1)
The Geographic Panorama
316(1)
Political Geography
317(1)
Environment and Population
317(4)
The Great Rivers
320(1)
Along the Coast
321(1)
Natural Resources
321(2)
Peoples of the East Asian Realm
323(1)
East Asia's Post-World War II Development
323(2)
Communist China
324(1)
Japan's Defeat and Recovery
325(1)
East Asia's Economic Transformation
325(1)
Japan's Pacesetting Achievements
325(1)
The Asian Tigers
325(1)
China's Economic Miracle
325(1)
Geopolitics In East Asia
326(2)
Sino-Japanese Relations
326(1)
The Korea Factor
327(1)
Taiwan: The Other China
327(1)
Regions Of East Asia
328(24)
The People's Republic of China
329(4)
Political-Administrative Divisions
330(1)
China's "Capitalist" Turn
331(1)
Population Issues
332(1)
China's Urban Transformation
332(1)
China's Coastal Core
333(5)
Special Economic Zones
334(2)
Regional Engines of Growth
336(1)
The Expanding Core
337(1)
China's Interior
338(3)
The Northeast
338(1)
Central China
339(2)
The South
341(1)
China's Western Periphery
341(2)
Xizang (Tibet)
341(1)
Xinjiang
342(1)
Mongolia
343(1)
The Korean Peninsula
344(3)
North Korea
345(1)
South Korea
345(2)
Japan
347(3)
Coastal Development
347(1)
A Trading Nation
348(1)
The Challenges of Two Lost Decades
348(2)
Taiwan
350(4)
Taiwan's Island Geography
350(1)
Taiwan's Future
351(1)
Chapter 10 The Southeast Asian Realm 352(34)
Defining The Realm
354(16)
Major Geographic Qualities Of Southeast Asia
354(1)
A Geographic Overview
354(1)
Southeast Asia's Physical Geography
355(3)
Exceptional Borneo
355(1)
Deforestation and Palm Oil Plantations
355(1)
Relative Location and Biodiversity
356(1)
Four Major Rivers
357(1)
Political Geography: Territorial Configurations
358(1)
Population Geography
359(4)
The Ethnic Mosaic
360(2)
The Chinese
362(1)
Religions of Southeast Asia
363(1)
The Imprint of Colonialism
364(1)
Southeast Asia's Emerging Markets
365(2)
Singapore's Leadership
365(2)
Prospects of Realmwide Integration: ASEAN
367(1)
China in Southeast Asia Today
367(1)
Geopolitics in the South China Sea
368(2)
Regions Of Southeast Asia
370(16)
Mainland Southeast Asia
370(8)
Vietnam: The Scars of War
370(3)
Cambodia
373(1)
Laos
373(1)
Thailand
374(1)
Myanmar
374(4)
Insular Southeast Asia
378(10)
Malaysia
378(1)
Brunei
379(1)
Singapore
379(1)
Indonesia
380(3)
East Timor
383(1)
The Philippines
384(2)
Chapter 11 The Austral Realm 386(18)
Defining The Realm
388(3)
Major Geographic Qualities Of The Austral Realm
388(1)
Land And Environment
388(3)
Climates
389(1)
The Southern Ocean
389(2)
Biogeography
391(1)
Regions Of The Austral Realm
391(13)
Australia
391(8)
Historical and Political Geographies
391(2)
The Role of Distance
393(1)
Core and Periphery
393(1)
An Urban Culture
394(1)
Economic Geography
394(2)
Australia's Environmental Problems
396(1)
The Aboriginal Challenge
397(2)
Immigration and the Changing Cultural Mosaic
399(1)
Australia's Place in the World
399(1)
New Zealand
399(7)
Human Spatial Organization
400(2)
The Maori Factor and New Zealand's Future
402(2)
Chapter 12 Pacific Realm And Polar Futures 404
Defining The Realm
406(4)
Major Geographic Qualities Of The Pacific Realm
406(1)
Colonization and Independence
407(1)
The Pacific Realm and Its Marine Geography
407(3)
The State at Sea
408(1)
UNCLOS Intervention
408(2)
Pacific Regions
410
Melanesia
410(2)
Micronesia
412(1)
Polynesia
413(1)
Pacific Futures
414(1)
Partitioning the Antarctic
414(1)
Geopolitics in the Arctic Basin
415
Disputation and Navigation
418
Glossary GL-1
Index I-1
Appendix AA-1
Jan Nijman is Director of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Miami and Visiting Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Peter O. Muller is the author of The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography, Binder Ready Version, 7th Edition, published by Wiley.