A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada Toward a Sustainable Future 1st Edition by Chris Mayda ISBN 978-0742556898 0742556891

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ISBN 10: 0742556891

ISBN 13:  978-0742556898

Author: Chris Mayda

In this comprehensive new text, Chris Mayda offers an exciting alternative to conventional North American geographies. Throughout her thorough discussion of the physical and human geography of the United States and Canada, the author weaves in the key themes of environment and sustainability. Her inclusive and cohesive narrative highlights not only the diversity and richness of each region but the fundamental connections that link the continent.

In the course of her research, Mayda traveled to every state and province in the United States and Canada, imbuing her writing and photographs with authenticity and immediacy. She traces the problems each region faces but also illuminates the positive actions that Americans and Canadians are taking to position their countries as healthy leaders in the world economy.

Combining incisive analysis, rich description, human stories, and vibrant photographs, this text offers a complete and vivid portrait of the region from human, physical, and cultural perspectives. Designed expressly for ease of teaching and learning, the book features four-color photographs and maps throughout, chapter highlights, key term and place listings for each chapter, discussion questions, and a glossary, plus PowerPoint slides, and a sustainability blog on the book’s website: http://everythingisconnectedblog.wordpress.com/.

Table of contents: 

Part One – Moving Toward Sustainability: Themes

1. Regions and Ecoregions: An Approach to Sustainable Geography

2. The Nonhuman World: Understanding the Limits

3. Sustainability: Redefining Progress

4. Population and Consumption: Quantity versus Quality

Part Two – Moving Toward Ecoregions: Places
5. The Canadian Corridor: A Shift in Core Value
6. The North Atlantic Provinces and Northern New England: New Economic Hopes
7. Megalopolis: Setting Sustainable Standards
8. Appalachia: Trying to Love the Mountains
9. South Atlantic: Gentry Tidewater, Hardscrabble Piedmont, and the Northern Invasion of Dixie
10. Florida: A Victim of Its Own Geography
11. Gulf Coastal Plains and Mississippi Valley: Juxtaposition Squared
12. The Ozarks: Unexpected Economic Miracles
13. The Midwest: Corn, Cars, Conundrums, and Hope
14. The Great Plains and Canadian Prairie: Land of Opportunity, or Where the Buffalo Roam?
15. The Rocky Mountains: High in Elevations, Aspirations, and Appreciation
16. Intermontane: Baked, Beguiling, and Booming
17. Pacific Northwest: Environment as Lifestyle
18. Alaska, Pacific Borderlands, and Arctic Boreal Canada: Feeling the Heat
19. California: Having It All, and Then Some
20. Hawai‘i: Aloha

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