Table of Contents
Preface for the Instructor ix
Preface for the Student xv
Chapter 1 True Maps, False Impressions: Making, Manipulating, and Interpreting Maps
Introduction 1
Case Study 10
Activity 113
Activity 219
Definitions of Key Terms 31
Chapter 2 Layers of Tradition: Culture Regions at Different Scales
Introduction 33
Case Study 39
Activity 147
Activity 251
Activity 355
Definitions of Key Terms 58
Chapter 3 Tracking the AIDS Epidemic in the United States: Diffusion Through Space and Time
Introduction 61
Case Study 67
Activity 171
Activity 275
Activity 379
Definitions of Key Terms 82
Chapter 4 Newton's First Law of Migration: The Gravity Model
Introduction 85
Case Study 93
Activity 197
Activity 2101
Activity 3103
Activity 4105
Definitions of Key Terms 106
Chapter 5 One Billion and Counting: The Hidden Momentum of Population Growth in India
Introduction 109
Case Study 117
Activity 1123
Activity 2125
Activity 3131
Definitions of Key Terms 132
Chapter 6 Help Wanted: The Changing Geography of Jobs
Introduction 133
Case Study 144
Activity 1151
Activity 2171
Definitions of Key Terms 173
Chapter 7 Rags and Riches: The Dimensions of Development
Introduction 175
Case Study 192
Activity 1199
Activity 2201
Activity 3203
Activity 4207
Definitions of Key Terms 211
Chapter 8 Food for Thought: The Globalization of Agriculture
Introduction 213
Case Study 221
Activity 1225
Activity 2233
Activity 3237
Definitions of Key Terms 245
Chapter 9 Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Market Areas and the Urban Hierarchy
Introduction 247
Case Study 252
Activity 1259
Activity 2265
Definitions of Key Terms 273
Chapter 10 Reading the Urban Landscape: Census Data and Field Observation
Introduction 275
Case Study 285
Activity 1287
Activity 2293
Definitions of Key Terms 297
Chapter 11 The Disappearing Front Range: Urban Sprawl in Colorado
Introduction 299
Case Study 309
Activity 1313
Activity 2317
Activity 3321
Definitions of Key Terms 327
Chapter 12 Do Orange and Green Clash? Residential Segregation in Northern Ireland
Introduction 329
Case Study 334
Activity 1339
Activity 2343
Definitions of Key Terms 348
Chapter 13 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Nations, States, and Nation-States
Introduction 351
Case Study 359
Activity 1361
Activity 2387
Definitions of Key Terms 417
Chapter 14 Preserving the Planet: Human Impact on Environmental Systems
Introduction 419
Case Study 433
Activity 1437
Activity 2443
Activity 3447
Definitions of Key Terms 456
Appendix Reference Maps
North American Cities 459
North America 461
World Map 462
Index 465
Photo Credits 468
