Encyclopedia of Geography Terms, Themes, and Concepts
Meinig, Donald.The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes: Geographical Essays. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Meinig, ...
Shortridge, Barbara, and James R. Shortridge, editors.The Taste of American Place: A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods. Lanham ...
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Alber’s equal area projection, 221 Alberta, Canada, 97 Albuquerque, New Mexico, 97 Alexander VI, Pope, 207 Allegheny Mountains, ...
Bangladesh, 180, 238–39 Barbwire fence, 162 Barchan dunes, 366 Barents Sea, 244 Barometric pressure, 175 Barrier islands, 179 Ba ...
CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations), 2–3, 5 California, 97i, 268 Canada: Alberta, 97; devolution, 102; Golden Horseshoe, ...
Clouds, 64i,64–67; atmospheric stability and, 21; cirrocumulus clouds, 67; cirrostratus clouds, 67; cirrus clouds, 66–67; classi ...
syncretism, 79, 282; territoriality, 340; transculturation, 347 Cultural ecology,82–85; carrying capacity, 46, 85; environmental ...
Drainage basin, 326 Drainage divides, 326 Droughts, 264, 266 Dry conifer forests, 133 Dryline, 137 Durand Line, 26 Dust Bowl, 16 ...
Environmental determinism,114–17; cultural ecology, 82–83, 117; cultural identity, 87; ethnocentrism, 119; Heartland Theory, 170 ...
Free range movement, 5 Free riders, 346 Freezing rain, 264 Friction, 368 Friction of distance,134–35; distance decay, 103, 134; ...
Golden Horseshoe, 163 “The Golden Man,” 86i Gottman, Jean, 223 GPS (Global positioning system), 52, 143, 155–57, 157i, 222 Grass ...
Humid subtropical climate, 62–63t Hungary, 295 Huntington, Ellsworth, 116, 117 Huntington, Samuel, 150, 308 Hurricane Katrina, 1 ...
Irredentism,189–91 Islam, 291 The Isolated State(Von Thunen), 355 Isostasy, 257 Italy, 190 Japan, 57, 185, 189 Jazz music, diffu ...
Lebensraum, 149 Lee, Everett, 228–29, 270–71 Legend, 216–17 Leonidas, 58 Leopold II, King, 186 Leopold III, King, 186 Lesser-dev ...
Medical geography,222–23 Mediterranean agriculture, 78 Mediterranean biome, 36 Mediterranean climate, 62t Mediterranean forests, ...
franca, 205; mental maps, 225; migration, 228; region, 236, 279, 281; supranational- ism, 237, 331; sustainable development, 335 ...
P (primary) waves, 108 Pacific Ocean, 177, 247–48 Padre Island, 179 Pakistan, 26, 191, 230, 232 Palearctic Region, 374, 375t Pan ...
195–96; monsoon, 230; oceans, 247; rain shadow effect, 277; thunderstorms, 341 The Preindustrial City(Sjoberg), 266 Preindustria ...
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