Introduction to Geography: People, Places & Environment
Key differences between 6th and 5th editions
- Time lapse between previous and current publications: 3 years (2010 vs 2013).
- Introduction to Geography was first published in 1981.
- The Sixth Ed. consists of 12 chapters, whereas the former Fifth Ed. consisted of 13 chapters.
- Former chapter 13 "Global Challenges and the Scale of Response" has been removed and its content has been incorporated throughout the textbook.
- New The World in 2050 features investigate the future development of the world based on the current geographical data and knowledge:
- Challenges of global environmental change
- Future global climates
- Dynamic events on the Earth's surface
- Changes in the biosphere
- Intensive resource management
- Earth with 9 billion population
- The world is becoming more religious
- Impact of climate change on food security
- Green cities
- New United Nations
- World's largest economies
- Sixth edition incorporates the latest statistics and data from the 2010 Census and the 2013 Population Reference Bureau.
- New Rapid Change boxes on:
- substantial warming in West Antarctica (Ch. 2)
- prevention of the degradation of soil (Ch. 3)
- Peak Oil, or Indefinite Growth? (Ch. 5)
- switching languages in different countries (Ch. 8)
6th Edition of
Introduction to Geography: People, Places & Environment
Books a la Carte Plus MasteringGeography with eText (Access Card)
Loose Leaf, 624 pages
ISBN-10: 0321935403
ISBN-13: 9780321935403
Published by: Prentice Hall, December 16, 2013
Books a la Carte Edition
Loose Leaf, 568 pages
ISBN-10: 0321934997
ISBN-13: 9780321934994
Published by: Prentice Hall, October 10, 2013
Paperback, 568 pages
ISBN-10: 0321843339
ISBN-13: 9780321843333
Published by: Prentice Hall, October 10, 2013
plus MasteringGeography with eText (Access Card)
Paperback, 568 pages
ISBN-10: 0321843320
ISBN-13: 9780321843326
Published by: Prentice Hall, December 18, 2013
5th Edition of
Introduction to Geography: People, Places, & Environment
Books a la Carte Edition
Loose Leaf, 672 pages
ISBN-10: 0321695852
ISBN-13: 9780321695857
Published by: Prentice Hall, November 14, 2010
Paperback, 624 pages
ISBN-10: 0321695313
ISBN-13: 9780321695314
Published by: Prentice Hall, October 28, 2010
4th Edition of
Introduction to Geography: People, Places and Environment
Value Pack (includes Mapping Workbook & Goode's Atlas)
Paperback
ISBN-10: 0132363585
ISBN-13: 9780132363587
Published by: Prentice Hall, July 06, 2007
Paperback, 672 pages
ISBN-10: 0132238993
ISBN-13: 9780132238991
Published by: Prentice Hall, March 19, 2007