Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- THE NINTH EDITION -- THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PACKAGE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- About the Authors -- Dedication -- CHAPTER 1 - Introduction to Human Geography -- WHAT IS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY? -- WHAT ARE GEOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS? -- WHY DO GEOGRAPHERS USE MAPS, AND WHAT DO MAPS TELL US? -- WHY ARE GEOGRAPHERS CONCERNED WITH SCALE AND CONNECTEDNESS? -- WHAT ARE GEOGRAPHIC CONCEPTS, AND HOW ARE THEY USED IN ANSWERING GEOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS? -- CHAPTER 2 - Population -- WHERE IN THE WORLD DO PEOPLE LIVE AND WHY? -- WHY DO POPULATIONS RISE OR FALL IN PARTICULAR PLACES? -- WHY DOES POPULATION COMPOSITION MATTER? -- HOW DOES THE GEOGRAPHY OF HEALTH INFLUENCE POPULATION DYNAMICS? -- HOW DO GOVERNMENTS AFFECT POPULATION CHANGE? -- CHAPTER 3 - Migration -- WHAT IS MIGRATION? -- WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE? -- WHERE DO PEOPLE MIGRATE? -- HOW DO GOVERNMENTS AFFECT MIGRATION? -- CHAPTER 4 - Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes -- WHAT ARE LOCAL AND POPULAR CULTURES? -- HOW ARE LOCAL CULTURES SUSTAINED? -- HOW IS POPULAR CULTURE DIFFUSED? -- HOW CAN LOCAL AND POPULAR CULTURES BE SEEN IN THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE? -- CHAPTER 5 - Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality -- WHAT IS IDENTITY, AND HOW ARE IDENTITIES CONSTRUCTED? -- HOW DO PLACES AFFECT IDENTITY, AND HOW CAN WE SEE IDENTITIES IN PLACES? -- HOW DOES GEOGRAPHY REFLECT AND SHAPE POWER RELATIONSHIPS AMONG GROUPS OF PEOPLE? -- CHAPTER 6 - Language -- WHAT ARE LANGUAGES, AND WHAT ROLE DO LANGUAGES PLAY IN CULTURES? -- WHY ARE LANGUAGES DISTRIBUTED THE WAY THEY ARE? -- HOW DO LANGUAGES DIFFUSE? -- WHAT ROLE DOES LANGUAGE PLAY IN MAKING PLACES? -- CHAPTER 7 - Religion -- WHAT IS RELIGION, AND WHAT ROLE DOES IT PLAY IN CULTURE? -- WHERE DID THE MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD ORIGINATE, AND HOW DO RELIGIONS DIFFUSE?. , HOW IS RELIGION SEEN IN THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE? -- WHAT ROLE DOES RELIGION PLAY IN POLITICAL CONFLICTS? -- CHAPTER 8 - Political Geography -- HOW IS SPACE POLITICALLY ORGANIZED INTO STATES AND NATIONS? -- HOW DO STATES SPATIALLY ORGANIZE THEIR GOVERNMENTS? -- HOW ARE BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED, AND WHY DO BOUNDARY DISPUTES OCCUR? -- HOW DO GEOPOLITICS AND CRITICAL GEOPOLITICS HELP US UNDERSTAND THE WORLD? -- WHAT ARE SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE STATE? -- CHAPTER 9 - Urban Geography -- WHEN AND WHY DID PEOPLE START LIVING IN CITIES? -- WHERE ARE CITIES LOCATED AND WHY? -- HOW ARE CITIES ORGANIZED, AND HOW DO THEY FUNCTION? -- HOW DO PEOPLE MAKE CITIES? -- WHAT ROLE DO CITIES PLAY IN GLOBALIZATION? -- CHAPTER 10 - Development -- HOW DO YOU DEFINE AND MEASURE DEVELOPMENT? -- HOW DOES GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION AFFECT DEVELOPMENT? -- WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO AND THE COSTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? -- HOW DO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS INFLUENCE UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT WITHIN STATES? -- CHAPTER 11 - Agriculture -- WHAT IS AGRICULTURE, AND WHERE DID AGRICULTURE BEGIN? -- HOW DID AGRICULTURE CHANGE WITH INDUSTRIALIZATION? -- WHAT IMPRINT DOES AGRICULTURE MAKE ON THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE? -- WHAT IS THE GLOBAL PATTERN OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS? -- CHAPTER 12 - Industry and Services -- WHERE DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGIN, AND HOW DID IT DIFFUSE? -- HOW DO LOCATION THEORIES EXPLAIN INDUSTRIAL LOCATION? -- HOW HAS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CHANGED? -- WHERE ARE THE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL BELTS IN THE WORLD TODAY AND WHY? -- WHAT IS THE SERVICE ECONOMY, AND WHERE ARE SERVICES CONCENTRATED? -- CHAPTER 13 - Human Environment -- HOW HAS THE EARTH ENVIRONMENT CHANGED OVER TIME? -- HOW HAVE HUMANS IMPACTED EARTH'S ENVIRONMENT? -- WHAT ARE THE MAJOR FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE TODAY?. , HOW ARE HUMANS RESPONDING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE? -- CHAPTER 14 - Globalization and the Geography of Networks -- WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION, AND WHAT ROLE DO NETWORKS PLAY IN GLOBALIZATION? -- AT WHAT SCALES DO NETWORKS OPERATE IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD? -- HOW HAVE IDENTITIES CHANGED IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD? -- APPENDIX A - Maps -- APPENDIX B - Area and Demographic Data for the World's States -- APPENDIX C -- APPENDIX D -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Meteorological Tsunamis: The U.S. East Coast and other Coastal Regions -- Meteorological Tsunamis: The U.S. East Coast and other Coastal Regions -- Contents -- Meteorological tsunamis on the US East Coast and in other regions of the World Ocean -- Introduction -- Meteotsunamis along the US coastline -- Meteotsunamis in the World Ocean -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Meteotsunami forecasting: sensitivities demonstrated by the 2008 Boothbay, Maine, event -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Tsunami and meteotsunami forecasting -- Boothbay, Maine, meteotsunami forecasting -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Atmospheric processes responsible for generation of the 2008 Boothbay meteotsunami -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and methods -- Ground ocean and meteo data -- Remote sensing data -- Speed and direction estimates of the atmospheric disturbance -- Atmospheric model setup -- Observational evidence of a meteotsunami source -- Sea-level and air-pressure high-frequency coherence -- Synoptic background and vertical structure of the atmosphere -- Remote sensing analysis -- Disturbance speed and direction estimates -- Atmospheric modelling -- Model verification -- Reproduction of meteotsunami source -- The surface pressure distribution -- The presence and propagation of internal gravity waves -- The maintenance of internal gravity waves -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Atmospheric mesoscale conditions during the Boothbay meteotsunami: a numerical sensitivity study using a high-resolution mesoscale model -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Data and methods -- Results -- Verification and sensitivity to initial and lateral boundary conditions -- Sensitivity to the simulation lead time -- Sensitivity to microphysics parameterizations -- Sensitivity to convective parameterizations. , Sensitivity to one-way and two-way nesting strategy -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Meteotsunami in the Great Lakes and on the Atlantic coast of the United States generated by the ''derecho'' of June 29--30, 2012 -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Atmospheric analyses -- Analysis of high-altitude atmospheric processes -- Synoptic setting -- Remote sensing -- Analysis of near-surface atmospheric records -- Atmospheric pressure records -- Wind records -- Propagation velocity of the atmospheric disturbance -- Phase relations between atmospheric variables -- Sea-level data -- Great Lakes -- Tide gauge records -- Time--frequency analysis -- Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coast -- Tide gauge records -- Time--frequency analysis -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- High-frequency radar observations of the June 2013 US East Coast meteotsunami -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Theoretical analysis -- Origin of meteotsunamis and nature of June 13, 2013, event -- HF radar tsunami detection -- History -- Factors affecting detectability -- Data sets -- Methods -- Results -- Tide gauge water levels -- Radar current velocity observations -- Unfiltered area-band velocities -- Filtered area-band velocities -- Tsunami arrival times versus distance from shore -- Radar-observed arrival times from orbital velocities -- Calculated arrival times from the phase speed of the traveling tsunami trough -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- A framework for the probabilistic analysis of meteotsunamis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background -- Probabilistic framework -- Data -- Numerical model -- Results: U.S. Northeast Coast -- Discussion -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Tidal influence on high frequency harbor oscillations in a narrow entrance bay -- Abstract -- Introduction. , Observations -- Numerical model -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The Lake Michigan meteotsunamis of 1954 revisited -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Hydrodynamic modeling and data -- Results -- June 26, 1954 Meteotsunami -- July 6, 1954 Meteotsunami -- Discussion -- Role of edge waves and non-trapped waves -- Effects of an enclosed basin -- Wind stress versus atmospheric pressure -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Sea level surges of June 2011 in the NE Atlantic Ocean: observations and possible interpretation -- Abstract -- Introduction and objectives -- Description of the tide gauge records of the 2011 June event -- Data processing -- Description of the tide gauge records of the 2011 June event -- Iberian Peninsula -- French Atlantic coast -- English Channel -- Example of a harbor response from spectral Analysis -- Synthesis of the observations for the timing -- Discussion -- Analysis from travel time modeling -- Comparison with satellite and pressure data -- Historical events -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Recent observations of meteotsunamis on the Finnish coast -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Essential features of meteotsunamis -- Data and methods -- Sea-level and weather observations -- Radar data -- Results -- The meteotsunami of 29 July 2010 -- The meteotsunami of 8 August 2010 -- Gulf of Finland -- Gulf of Bothnia -- The meteotsunami of 4 June 2011 -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Assessing meteotsunami potential of high-frequency air pressure oscillations observed in the middle Adriatic -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Data and methods -- Results -- Statistics and strongest events -- Energy, disturbance parameters, meteorological conditions, and meteotsunami potential -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References. , Abiki oscillations in Sakitsu Bay, west Kyushu, Japan -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Study area -- Field measurements -- Measurement systems -- Results -- Numerical experiments -- Numerical model -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The Dwarskersbos, South Africa local tsunami of August 27, 1969: field survey and simulation as a meteorological event -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The tsunami -- Survey -- Results -- The case of the 2008 event -- Interpretation: possible 1969 scenarios -- Earthquake? -- Landslide? -- Simulation -- A resonant wave of meteorological origin -- Background: meteo-tsunamis -- Modeling of the Dwarskersbos wave -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Simultaneous meteorological tsunamis and storm surges at Buenos Aires coast, southeastern South America -- Abstract -- Introduction and background -- Data -- Sea level data -- Meteorological data -- Geophysical data -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Observations of meteorological tsunamis along the south-west Australian coast -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Study area -- Data analysis -- Results -- Observations of meteotsunamis at different locations -- Carnarvon: 23 October 2006 -- Geraldton: 25 February 2005 -- Fremantle: 17 October 2002 -- Bunbury: 5 December 2002 -- Bremer Bay: 28 November 2006 -- Esperance: 8 January 2008 -- Detailed analysis of meteotsunamis -- Meteotsunami: 22 March 2010 -- Meteotsunami: 10 June 2012 -- Meteotsunami: 7 January 2013 -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References.

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Note: Cover -- Half title -- Published Titles -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Bloch-Floquet waves -- 1.2 Structured interfaces and localisation -- 1.3 Multi-physics problems and phononic crystal structures -- 1.4 Designer multi-scale materials -- 1.5 Dynamic anisotropy and defects in lattice systems -- 1.6 Models and physical applications in materials science -- 1.7 Structure of the book -- Chapter 2 Foundations, methods of analysis of waves and analytical approaches to modelling of multi-scale solids -- 2.1 Wave dispersion -- 2.2 Bloch-Floquet waves -- 2.3 Asymptotic lattice approximations -- 2.4 Transmission and reflection -- 2.5 Wave localisation and dynamic defect modes -- 2.6 Dynamic localisation in a biatomic discrete chain -- 2.7 Asymptotic homogenisation -- Chapter 3 Waves in structured media with thin ligaments and disintegrating junctions -- 3.1 Structures with undamaged multi-scale resonators -- 3.2 Singular perturbation analysis of fields in solids with disintegrating junctions -- 3.3 Structures with damaged multi-scale resonators -- Chapter 4 Dynamic response of elastic lattices and discretised elastic membranes -- 4.1 Stop-band dynamic Green's functions and exponential localisation -- 4.2 Dynamic anisotropy and localisation near defects -- 4.3 Localisation near cracks/inclusions in a lattice -- Chapter 5 Cloaking and channelling of elastic waves in structured solids -- 5.1 A cloak is not a shield -- 5.2 Cloaking as a channelling method for incident waves -- 5.3 Boundary conditions on the interior contour of a cloak -- 5.4 Cloaking in elastic plates -- 5.5 Singular perturbation analysis of an approximate cloak -- Chapter 6 Structured interfaces and chiral systems in dynamics of elastic solids -- 6.1 Structured interface as a polarising filter. , 6.2 Vortex-type resonators and chiral polarisers of elastic waves -- 6.3 Discrete structured interface: shielding, negative refraction, and focusing -- References -- Index.