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| Author | : Thomas T. Veblen |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 382 |
| Release | : 2015-12-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 019803184X |
The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic conditions of this remarkable continent and their relationships to human activity. It fills a void in recent environmental literature by assembling a team of specialists from within and beyond South America in order to provide an integrated, cross-disciplinary body of knowledge about this mostly tropical continent, together with its high mountains and temperate southern cone. The authors systematically cover the main components of the South American environment - tectonism, climate, glaciation, natural landscape changes, rivers, vegetation, animals, and soils. The book then presents more specific treatments of regions with special attributes from the tropical forests of the Amazon basin to the Atacama Desert and Patagonian steppe, and from the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific coasts to the high Andes. Additionally, the continents environments are given a human face by evaluating the roles played by people over time, from pre-European and European colonial impacts to the effects of modern agriculture and urbanization, and from interactions with El Niño events to prognoses for the future environments of the continent.
| Author | : CAITLIN. FINLAYSON |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2019 |
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| Author | : César Caviedes |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
This book traces the development of settlements and economic systems, as well as provide up-to-date information and interpretation of the contemporary problems of South America.
| Author | : Thomas A. Rumney |
| Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2013-04-18 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 0810886359 |
South America is an area of fascination and study for geographers and other scholars from around the world, and its land and people have played important roles in the discovery and distribution of civilizations, resources, and nations for millennia. The region has long stimulated a large amount of research across the many subdisciplines of geography, and Thomas A. Rumney collects, organizes, and presents as many scholarly publications as possible in The Geography of South America: A Scholarly Guide and Bibliography. Every South American nation is included: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Beginning with an overview of the region as a whole, successive chapters, one per nation, are divided by specific subdisciplines of geography: cultural, social, economic, historical, physical and environmental, political, and urban. Each section is then divided by document type: atlases, books, book chapters, articles from scholarly journals, master’s theses, and doctoral dissertations. Although the majority of entries focus on English-language works, selected entries written in Spanish, French, German, and other languages are also included (with the entry titles translated into English and noted accordingly).
| Author | : John Luke Gallup |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 187 |
| Release | : 2003-08-04 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0821383671 |
For decades, the prevailing sentiment was that, since geography is unchangeable, there is no reason why public policies should take it into account. In fact, charges that geographic interpretations of development were deterministic, or even racist, made the subject a virtual taboo in academic and policymaking circles alike. 'Is Geography Destiny?' challenges that premise and joins a growing body of literature studying the links between geography and development. Focusing on Latin America, the book argues that based on a better understanding of geography, public policy can help control or channel its influence toward the goals of economic and social development.
| Author | : Rebecca Hirsch |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2021-12-07 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0531251373 |
An incredible variety of climates and biomes span the territory of South America. As a result, the continent contains some of the greatest biodiversity on Earth. Rookie Read-About: Continents series gives the youngest reader (Ages 3-6) an introduction to the components that make each continent distinctive and exceptional. Readers will get to know each continents' geography, history, and wildlife.
| Author | : Paul Rockett |
| Publisher | : Franklin Watts |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2017-02-09 |
| Genre | : Argentina |
| ISBN | : 9781445141015 |
This unique series gets close up to some amazing areas of our world, and allows readers the opportunity to explore key countries, topographical features and cities in a way that is both engaging and entertaining. In addition, each book highlights significant human, geographical, sporting and economic information.
| Author | : Robert B. Kent |
| Publisher | : Guilford Publications |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 2016-02-26 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1462525520 |
Popular among students for its engaging, accessible style, this text provides an authoritative overview of Latin America's human geography as well as its regional complexity. Extensively revised to reflect the region's ongoing evolution in the first decades of the 21st century, the second edition's alternating thematic and regional chapters trace Latin America's historical development while revealing the diversity of its people and places. Coverage encompasses cultural history, environment and physical geography, urban development, agriculture and land use, social and economic processes, and the contemporary patterns of the Latin American diaspora. Pedagogical features include vivid topical vignettes, end-of-chapter recommended readings and other resources, and 217 photographs, maps, and figures. New to This Edition *Discussions of climate change and its impacts, the demise of the Monroe doctrine, neoliberal agriculture, the growing influence of Chinese investment, and other new topics. *13 new vignettes highlighting current issues such as the thaw in United States-Cuba relations, drug violence in Mexico, aerial gondolas in the Andes, and the first Latin pope. *Annotated website and film recommendations for most chapters. *The latest development trends, population and economic data, and current events of local and global significance. *26 new photographs, maps, and figures.
| Author | : Scholastic, Inc. Staff |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 116 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9780439117616 |
101 Reproducible outline maps of the continents, countries of the world, the 50 states, and more.
| Author | : George Earl Church |
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| Release | : 1901 |
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