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by Cameron McCormick
Book Description: A text for a one-quarter course on the introduction to both physical and human geography.
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Introduction
Book Objectives
1. Introduction to Geographic Science
Cameron McCormick
2. Systems of Location
3. Maps and Models
4. Map Projections
5. The Atmosphere: Winds
6. Atmosphere: Air Masses and Storms
7. Oceans and Coastal Environments
8. Natural Hazards: Risk
9. Planet Earth
10. Earth: Plate Tectonics
11. Tectonic Forces: Earthquakes
12. Tectonic Forces: Volcanoes
13. Gradational Processes
14. Climate: Systems and Change
15. Biogeography
16. Natural Resource Geography
17. Population and Migration
18. Human Geography
19. Geography of Religion
Christine Rosenfeld and Nathan Burtch
20. Geography of Language
21. Urban Geography
22. Urban and Suburban Spaces
23. Social and Economic Development
24. Economy and Development
25. Political Geography
26. Power, Politics, & Place
27. Economic Geography
Appendix: Outline Maps
SFCC Introduction to Geography Copyright © by Cameron McCormick is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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