Concepts and Regions in Geography

by Harm J. de Blij

Building upon the strength and success of deBlij & Muller's best-selling Realms, Regions, and Concepts, Tenth Edition, CONCEPTS AND REGIONS offers students and instructors all of the content that has made Regions the definitive World Regional Geography text but in a briefer, technologically-rich package. At about one-half the length of most world regional texts, the text offers brief regional descriptions, applications of core concepts, and definitions to acquaint students with the spatial interconnections between the human and physical systems of the earth.

The accompanying interactive CD-ROM serves two key functions. First, the CD contains all of the content from Realms, Regions, and Concepts 10/e, allowing students and instructors to delve deeper into the subject matter found in the text. Second, the CD features the GeoDiscoveries Present-Interact-Assess framework which enables students to animate and interact with maps, view videos, and test themselves, providing them instant assessment feedback on key concepts. GeoDiscoveries for CONCEPTS features an interactive globe, multiple-choice questions, drag-and-drop map exercises, key term matching exercises, flashcards, demonstrations of concepts and geographic techniques, critical thinking exercises, interactive animations, and more. GeoDiscoveries is designed to be used both by students for understanding and assessment of key concepts, as well as by instructors for in-class presentations. The third component of the CONCEPTS learning system is its website, which features interactive testing, links to geographic organizations and interactive exercises that illustrate key concepts in action. Many weblinks come from region-specific sites, allowing students to listen to live radio broadcasts or to view real-time images from a region.

Genres: Textbooks, Geography

400 pages, Hardcover

First published August 27, 2002

Reviews

[Conner · Rating 2 out of 5]

This textbook is sold unbound (just loose pages) to prevent students from buying used copies or from reselling it, taking part in a practice that makes education more expensive. This is the ultimate reason for my low rating of the textbook.

I found this textbook to be Eurocentric and biased in favor of Chicago-school economics. This is especially prevalent in the sections on South America and Africa, where the authors offer the simplistic solution to almost all impoverished countries that they should just embrace the “free market" (without exploring how they may have been exploited by the free market in the first place). Although this is a Geography textbook which is meant to explore each region of the world on its own terms, I found the discussions of political economy to be ideological rather than relativistic.

This is an informative introduction to Regional Geography but it should be read with the recognition that these biases are present and being applied to regions where it may not be appropriate.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was an excellent text to accompany GEO 204: World Regional Geography. The author, H.J. de Blij, was one of the creators of the class and it follows the text and lectures to a "t" ... obviously. The text was easy to follow and take notes from and the additional maps and figures were interesting and relevant. I looked forward to reading the assigned readings and completed all of them. This is an excellent book for someone who is interested in learning more about the world from a geographical aspect.

[Dr_Hope · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written by a very patriotic American liberal. His biased political views are visible throughout the whole book. Notwithstanding the sides he took, the book is still a knowledgable resource for beginners who haven't known much about the outside world.

[Amber]

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[Breanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information and well written. It was a bit boring, though.

[Racheal Munoz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its a bit dry, but often textbooks are. The information is presented in a nice clear manner and the material is given in an easily understood way. Not really much else to say about it.

[Jenyce Danley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't imagine geography could be so fascinating! This book is well-ordered with easy to digest info.

[Adam Cadre · Rating 2 out of 5]

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