Spatial Connections: World Regional Geography

Spatial Connections introduces the study of Geography by offering a snapshot of the world's landscapes through a series of articles. The material in this anthology meets several primary objectives:

• It provides an introduction to the concept of spatial interconnection.
• It helps students assess complicated relationships across the globe.
• It illustrates the landscapes on which issues and events play out.
• It helps students match concepts discussed in class to recent events.
• It helps students discover their place in an interconnected and dynamic world.
• It supplements other class materials.

Spatial Connections offers an alternative approach to introductory geography courses by focusing on relationships - those that currently exist, the changes that are taking place in them, the connections that are disappearing, and new connections that are being forged.

Jill Stackhouse is an instructor in the Department of Geography at Bemidji State University in Bemidji Minnesota. Dr. Stackhouse has been teaching a variety of subjects across the discipline for more than 12 years, including GIS and Cartography, World Regional Geography, Weather and Climate, and courses in Urban, Economic, Political and Latin American Geography. She earned her PhD in Geography from Syracuse University (2007), her MA in Geography at Georgia State University (2001), and holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Geography and Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University (1997) and Oregon State University (1979) respectively.