Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Ten Geographic Ideas that Changed the World
PART ONE: FRAMES OF THE WORLD
1 The Idea of the Map 
2 The Weather Map: Exploiting Electronic Telecommunications to Forecast the Geography of the Atmosphere
3 Geographic Information System
PART TWO: THW WORLD AS HUMAN HOME
4 Human Adjustment
5 Water Budget Climatology
6 Human Transformation of the Earth
PART THREE: THE WORLD AS LINKED MOSAIC
7 Spatial Organization and Interdependence
8 Nested Hexagons: Central Place Theory
9 Megalopolis: The Future is Now
PART FOUR: CODA
10 Sense of Place
About the Contributors
Index

About the Author

Susan Hanson is a professor in the school of geography at Clark University, and a past president of the Association of American Geographers.

Reviews

A wonderfully engaging book for those who wish to appreciate better the contributions made by geographers toward a better understanding of our world. It describes success stories that challenge geographers to achieve more.
*past president National Council for Geographic Education and*

An excellent and very readable introduction to the subject of modern geography.
*professor of geography and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences*