IN spite of its large size, this book covers only a small part of economic geography. It claims to deal in out line with the several factors of the natural environment as they affect human life. A ...

Place is one of the most important determinants of welfare. Simply by moving from the countryside to the city, or from a poor to a rich country, a person can greatly increase returns to labor or ...

Economic and Development Geography focuses on economic and business geography, and it prepares students to critically assess the process of globalization operating in the world today, including the ...

Human geography first and foremost involves the study of human beings--more specifically, of the organization of human activity and of spatial patterns as they affect and, in turn, respond to the ...