1. Geography Matters; Why Places Matter. Why Geography Matters; Studying Human Geography2. The Changing Global Context; The Changing World; Geographic Expansion, Integration, and Change; Mapping a New World Geography; Organizing the Periphery; Globalization3. Geographies of Population; The Demographer's Toolbox; Population Distribution and Structure; Population Dynamics and Processes; Population Movement and Migration; Population Debates and Policies4. Nature, Society, and Technology; Nature As a Concept; The Transformation of Earth by Ancient Humans; European Expansion and Globalization; Human Action and Recent Environmental Change5. Mapping Cultural Identities; Culture As a Geographical Process; Cultural Systems; Cultural Nationalism; Culture and Identity; Culture and the Physical Environment; Globalization and Cultural Change6. Interpreting Places and Landscapes; Behavior, Knowledge, and Human Environments; Landscape As a Human System; Place Making/Place Marketing; Coded Spaces; Postmodern Spaces7. The Geography of Economic Development; What 'Economic Development' Means; Everything in Its Place: Principles of Location; Pathways to Development; Globalization and Local Economic Development8. Agriculture and Food Production; Traditional Agricultural Geography; Agricultural Revolution and Industrialization; Global Restructuring of Agricultural Systems; Social and Technological Change in Global Agricultural Restructuring; The Environment and Agricultural Industrialization;9. The Politics of Territory and Space; The Development of Political Geography; Geopolitics and the World Order; The Two-Way Street of Politics and Geography10. Urbanization; Urban Geography and Urbanization; Urban Origins; World Urbanization Today; Urban Growth Processes11. City Spaces: Urban Structure; Urban Structure and Land Use; Urban Form and Design; Urban Trends and Problems12. 12. Future Geographies; Mapping Our Futures; Global Outlook, Local Prospects; Resources, Technology, and Spatial Change; Adjusting to the Future