Globalization and Diversity (6^th Ed.)
Geography of a Changing World

For courses in world regional geography.

Empower students to address global issues

Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing Worldincorporates a contemporary, thematic approach to introduce the latest ideas and concepts in world regional geography. The text provides students with the core materials for developing a strong foundation in the fundamentals of world regions and a strong sense of place for an understanding of the connections within and between world regions. With a focus on the environment and globalization, the text?s arresting visual layout and updated content combine to give students an accurate portrayal of the world?s evolving regional landscapes.

The 6th Edition encourages students to explore the sights, sounds, and tastes of world regions with embedded links to interactive, digital resources that offer insight into world regional geography through explorations of space, language, music, and cooking traditions. The new edition also shows how geographic tools improve the human condition when facing timely challenges such as natural disasters, disease outbreaks, crisis and humanitarian mapping, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Deeper mobile integration enables instructors to use web maps, video tours, and geoscience animations to enhance students? virtual, active learning experience.

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1. Geography of a Changing World
2. Physical Geography and the Environment
3. North America
4. Latin America
5. The Caribbean
6. Sub-Saharan Africa
7. Southwest Asia and North Africa
8. Europe
9. Eurasia
10. Central Asia
11. East Asia
12. South Asia
13. Southeast Asia
14. Oceania

About our authors

Marie Price is a Professor of Geography and International Affairs at George Washington University. A Latin American specialist, Dr. Price has conducted research in Belize, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, and Bolivia. She has also traveled widely throughout Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her studies have explored human migration, natural resource use, environmental conservation, and sustainability. She is President of the American Geographical Society and a nonresident fellow of the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that focuses on migration issues. Dr. Price brings to Globalization and Diversity a special interest in regions as dynamic spatial constructs that are shaped over time through both global and local forces. Her publications include the co-edited book Migrants to the Metropolis: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities (2008) and numerous academic articles and book chapters.

Les Rowntree is currently a Research Associate at the University of California, Berkeley, where he writes about global and local environmental issues. This career change comes after 35 years teaching both Geography and Environmental Studies at San Jose State University. As an environmental geographer, Dr. Rowntree’s interests focus on international environmental issues, biodiversity conservation, and climatic change. He sees world regional geography as way to engage and inform students by providing them with the conceptual tools to critically and constructively assess the contemporary world. His current writing projects include a natural history book and website about California’s Coast Ranges, and several essays on different European environmental topics. Along with these writings he maintains an assortment of web-based blogs and websites.

Martin Lewis is a Senior Lecturer in History at Stanford University, where he teaches courses on global geography. He has conducted ex