Analysis of the natural environment, historical development, cultural patterns, economic systems, and political structures of geographic regions.

Course Details

Course Outline
  1. Regional Geography and the Geography of North America
  2. The Physical Environment of the United States and Canada
  3. The Historical Geography of North America
  4. Megalopolis, The most urbanized region of North America
  5. The North American Manufacturing Core
  6. Canada's National Core
  7. The Bypassed East
  8. Appalachia and the Ozarks
  9. The Changing South
  10. The Southern Coastlands
  11. The Agricultural Core
  12. The Great Plains and Prairies
  13. The Empty Interior
  14. The Southwest Border Area
  15. California
  16. The North Pacific Coast
  17. North American Northlands
  18. Hawaii
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Textbooks
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Regional Landscapes of The United States and Canada 7th Edition (Required)
by: Stephen S. Birdsall and Eugene J. Palka and Jon C. Malinowski and Margo L. Price
ISBN: 9780470098264
2008 Wiley
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