Lisa Benton-Short is professor and chair of the Department of Geography at George Washington University. John Rennie Short is professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Chris Mayda (d. 2016) was professor of geography and sustainability at Eastern Michigan University.

A comprehensive review of introductory themes in geography presented through a multiregional framework for North America. The focus on environmental concerns and sustainability is interwoven throughout the text and represents a vital aspect of geography that is missing from similar college textbooks.

• Detailed ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionPart One Moving toward Sustainability: Themes1 Fundamental Concepts: Regions and Ecoregions2 Fundamental Concepts: Sustainability3 Regions: The Physical Context4 Regions: The Human ContextPart Two Moving toward Ecoregions: Places5 The Canadian Corridor: A Shift in Core Value6 The North Atlantic Provinces and Northern New England: New Economic Hopes7 Megalopolis: Setting Sustainable Standards8 Appalachia: Trying to Love the Mountains9 South Atlantic: Gentry Tidewater, Hardscrabble Piedmont, and the Northern Invasion of Dixie10 Florida: A Victim of Its Own Geography11 Gulf Coastal Plains and Mississippi Valley: Juxtaposition Squared12 The Ozarks: Unexpected Economic Miracles13 The Midwest: Corn, Cars, Conundrums, and Hope14 The Great Plains and Canadian Prairie: Land of Opportunity, or Where the Buffalo Roam?15 The Rocky Mountains: High in Elevations, Aspirations, and Appreciation16 Intermontane: Baked, Beguiling, and Booming17 Pacific Northwest: Environment as Lifestyle18 Arctic Slope, Pacific Borderlands, and Boreal Forest: Feeling the Heat19 California: Having It All, and Then Some20 Hawai’i: AlohaGlossaryIndexAbout the Authors

Lisa Benton-Short is professor and chair of the Department of Geography at George Washington University. John Rennie Short is professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Chris Mayda (d. 2016) was professor of geography and sustainability at Eastern Michigan University.

A comprehensive review of introductory themes in geography presented through a multiregional framework for North America. The focus on environmental concerns and sustainability is interwoven throughout the text and represents a vital aspect of geography that is missing from similar college textbooks.

• Detailed ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionPart One Moving toward Sustainability: Themes1 Fundamental Concepts: Regions and Ecoregions2 Fundamental Concepts: Sustainability3 Regions: The Physical Context4 Regions: The Human ContextPart Two Moving toward Ecoregions: Places5 The Canadian Corridor: A Shift in Core Value6 The North Atlantic Provinces and Northern New England: New Economic Hopes7 Megalopolis: Setting Sustainable Standards8 Appalachia: Trying to Love the Mountains9 South Atlantic: Gentry Tidewater, Hardscrabble Piedmont, and the Northern Invasion of Dixie10 Florida: A Victim of Its Own Geography11 Gulf Coastal Plains and Mississippi Valley: Juxtaposition Squared12 The Ozarks: Unexpected Economic Miracles13 The Midwest: Corn, Cars, Conundrums, and Hope14 The Great Plains and Canadian Prairie: Land of Opportunity, or Where the Buffalo Roam?15 The Rocky Mountains: High in Elevations, Aspirations, and Appreciation16 Intermontane: Baked, Beguiling, and Booming17 Pacific Northwest: Environment as Lifestyle18 Arctic Slope, Pacific Borderlands, and Boreal Forest: Feeling the Heat19 California: Having It All, and Then Some20 Hawai’i: AlohaGlossaryIndexAbout the Authors

Lisa Benton-Short is professor and chair of the Department of Geography at George Washington University. John Rennie Short is professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Chris Mayda (d. 2016) was professor of geography and sustainability at Eastern Michigan University.

A comprehensive review of introductory themes in geography presented through a multiregional framework for North America. The focus on environmental concerns and sustainability is interwoven throughout the text and represents a vital aspect of geography that is missing from similar college textbooks.

• Detailed ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionPart One Moving toward Sustainability: Themes1 Fundamental Concepts: Regions and Ecoregions2 Fundamental Concepts: Sustainability3 Regions: The Physical Context4 Regions: The Human ContextPart Two Moving toward Ecoregions: Places5 The Canadian Corridor: A Shift in Core Value6 The North Atlantic Provinces and Northern New England: New Economic Hopes7 Megalopolis: Setting Sustainable Standards8 Appalachia: Trying to Love the Mountains9 South Atlantic: Gentry Tidewater, Hardscrabble Piedmont, and the Northern Invasion of Dixie10 Florida: A Victim of Its Own Geography11 Gulf Coastal Plains and Mississippi Valley: Juxtaposition Squared12 The Ozarks: Unexpected Economic Miracles13 The Midwest: Corn, Cars, Conundrums, and Hope14 The Great Plains and Canadian Prairie: Land of Opportunity, or Where the Buffalo Roam?15 The Rocky Mountains: High in Elevations, Aspirations, and Appreciation16 Intermontane: Baked, Beguiling, and Booming17 Pacific Northwest: Environment as Lifestyle18 Arctic Slope, Pacific Borderlands, and Boreal Forest: Feeling the Heat19 California: Having It All, and Then Some20 Hawai’i: AlohaGlossaryIndexAbout the Authors