Prologue: On the beach -- The global environment: The earth as a planet ; The ever-changing climate ; The biosphere -- The human population: Human origins and dispersals ; Population dynamics -- Cultural diversities ; An urbanizing world -- Resources and landscapes: Pressures on the ecosystem ; Resources and conservation ; Our role in changing the face of the earth ; The web of regions -- Geographic structures: Flows and networks ; Nodes and hierarchies ; Surfaces ; Spatial diffusion -- Geographic tensions: Territorial tensions ; Economic inequalities ; Globalization ; The global burden of disease -- The geographer's toolbox: Maps and mapping ; Environmental remote sensing ; Geographic information systems -- Epilogue: On going further in geography

1. Geography