College Human Geography: Essential Content

Comprehensive self-teaching guide to human geography. This study provides thorough review of topics covered in a typical college human geography course, teaching the foundational concepts necessary to master the core content. The material is clearly presented and systematically organized for learning important geographic principles and spatial relationships, providing comprehensive preparation. From the early human interactions with their environment and landscapes to the modern economic, political and social structures, you will develop a better understanding of spatial interactions and behavior, dynamics of human population growth and migration, geocultural patterns, agricultural regions, political control of territory, factors behind the location of industry and economic strategies, as well as evolving human settlement patterns. Learn about geographical concepts and models, cultural hearths and diffusion, political organization of space, food production networks, economic development concerns, natural resource use, rural and urban systems to understand how the human population is geographically organized. Experienced instructors and researchers analyzed standard college human geography curricula and developed the material that builds needed knowledge and skills. Our editorial team reviewed and systematized the content for targeted and effective learning, so students can significantly improve their understanding of the subject and succeed in class.