CONTENTS PREFACE............................................................................................................................ v PART ONE: GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT Geografe, kultura, prostředí 1. Geography and Human Geography........................................................................... 1 2. Cultures, Environments, and Regions........................................................................ 7 3. The Earth as Humanity’s Home............................................................................. 13 PART TWO: POPULATION PATTERNS AND PROCESSES Populační modely a procesy 4. Fundamentals of Population: Location, Distribution, and Density............................... 19 5. Processes and Cycles of Population Change........................................................... 25 6. Where and Why People Move............................................................................... 31 7. Policy Responses to Demographic Changes............................................................ 37 PART THREE: THE GLOBAL LINGUISTIC MOSAIC Jazyková mozaika 8. A Geography of Language..................................................................................... 43 9. The Diffusion of Languages................................................................................... 49 10. Modern Language Mosaics.................................................................................. 55 PART FOUR: THE GEOGRAPHY OF RELIGION Georafie a náboženství 11. Religious Origins and Distributions........................................................................ 61 12. Religions: Location, Diffusion, and Landscape....................................................... 67 13. Religion, Culture, and Conflict ............................................................................. 75 PART FIVE: THE POLITICAL IMPRINT Politická charakteristika 14. Political Culture and the Evolving State................................................................. 81 15. State Organization and National Power................................................................. 87 16. Multi-nationalism on the Map............................................................................... 95 17. The Changing Global Political Landscape............................................................ 101 PART SIX: LIFE IN THE RURAL SECTOR Život na venkově 18. Traditional Livelihoods of Rural Peoples.............................................................. 107 19. Landscapes of Rural Settlement......................................................................... 113 20. Commercialization and the Transformation of the Rural Sector............................. 119 PART SEVEN: THE URBANIZING WORLD Městská (urbanizovan krajina) 21. Civilization and Urbanization............................................................................... 125 22. Location, Pattern, and Structure of Cities............................................................ 131 23. Global Urbanization............................................................................................ 139 PART EIGHT: THE ROOTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF INDUSTRIALIZATION Základy a důsledky industrializace 24. Industrial Activity and Geographic Location......................................................... 145 25. Resources and Regions: The Global Distribution of Industry................................. 153 26. Concepts of Development.................................................................................. 161 PART NINE: FROM DEINDUSTRIALIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION Od deindustrializae ke glbalizaci 27. De-industrialization and the Rise of the Service Sector......................................... 167 28. The Changing Nature of the Civic Experience..................................................... 175 29. Cultural Change in an Era of Globalization........................................................... 181 PART TEN: SOCIAL GEOGRAPHIES OF THE MODERN WORLD Sociální geografie v modernism světě 30. Global Disparities in Nutrition and Health............................................................ 187 31. Geographies of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity..................................................... 195 32. Gender Inequities in Geographic Perspective....................................................... 201 PART ELEVEN: THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT 33. The Planet and Humanity................................................................................... 207 34. Patterns of Processes of Environmental Change.................................................. 215 35. Confronting Human-Induced Global Environmental Change.................................. 221 ANSWER SECTION........................................................................................................ 227