How the world is
(more or less)
organized
World regional geography
Mark M. Miller
The university of Southern Mississippi
Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janerio,
Brazil
Measurement in Geography
Latitude
Wikimedia Commons. Latitude. Retrieved January 13,
2014http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latitude_(PSF).png
Longitude
Wikipedia. Longitude. Retrieved January 13, 2014:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude
Berglee
World Regional Geography: People, Places, and Globalization, v. 1.0
by Royal Berglee
World Regional Geography: People, Places, and Globalization, v. 1.0
by Royal Berglee
World Regional Geography: People, Places, and Globalization, v. 1.0
by Royal Berglee
Terminology:
[Old fashioned terms: Developed & Underdeveloped Worlds]
Developed & Developing Worlds
First, (Second,) Third (& sometimes Fourth) Worlds
Core & periphery
Industrialized countries, newly industrialized countries, & emerging countries
Wikipedia. Retrieved October 14, 2009:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_First_Worl
d_Countries.svg
p. 30
The Global Education Project. Retrieved
October 14, 2009:
http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/eart
h/human-conditions.php
The Global Education Project. Retrieved
October 14, 2009:
http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/eart
h/human-conditions.php
Retrieved 2/6/06:
http://www.maps.com/referenceProduct.aspx?nav=RM&
cid=679,1036&pid=12877
World Population (cont.)
Population indicators for the ten largest countries (based on population)
Core and periphery arrangements
within the First World, too
Flickr. Retrieved October 1, 2008:
http://flickr.com/photos/mdanzico/435971337/
America's Wealth Is Staggeringly
Concentrated in the Northeast Corridor
EMILY BADGERDEC 13, 2013
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobsand-economy/2013/12/staggeringconcentrated-wealth-americasnortheast-corridor/7872/
America's Wealth Is Staggeringly
Concentrated in the Northeast Corridor
EMILY BADGERDEC 13, 2013
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobsand-economy/2013/12/staggeringconcentrated-wealth-americasnortheast-corridor/7872/
America's Wealth Is Staggeringly
Concentrated in the Northeast Corridor
EMILY BADGERDEC 13, 2013
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobsand-economy/2013/12/staggeringconcentrated-wealth-americasnortheast-corridor/7872/
Visualizing Economics. Retrieved January 25, 2010:
http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/07/17/unitedstates-income-inequality-map/
Mississippi Department of
Employment Security. Retrieved
January 16, 2014:
mdes.ms.gov/media/8639/pci.pdf
Mississippi Handbook of
Selected Data. Retrieved
2/6/06:
http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/urc/
economic/handbook/handboo
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Zhang Z, Zhang L, Penman A, May W. Using
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tm.
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20, 2012:
http://populationpyramid.net/
Economist.com. Cloud, or silver linings? 8/19/07:
http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9539825
Demographic Transition. India Demographic Profile: 2010
Retrieved September 7, 2011: http://www.dtransition.info/countries-glance-3/india-110/
Geo-Mexico. Mexico's population pyramid
(age-sex diagram) for 2010. Retrieved
September 7, 2011: http://geomexico.com/?p=3835
Economist. Raving ravens. 8/19/07:
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9122814
Ellen Byron. From Diapers to
'Depends': Marketers Discreetly Retool
for Aging Boomers. Wall Street
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142
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Demographic
transition
From University of Miami
Biology. Retrieved 3/6/06:
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmalle
ry/150/handouts/fertility.jpg