GEOG 1101 - Henderson

These themes of human geography are not all-inclusive, and they are each dependent on the others in many ways — some intersecting with all or most others, some only one or two. Being able to answer these questions gives us a cultural baseline for understanding people and places, but it’s just scratching the surface. Human geography is dynamic and unique — which makes it difficult to define in absolute terms.

Human geography focuses on the role that human play in the world and the effects that human activities have on the Earth.

Human geography focuses on understand processes about human populations, settlements, economics, transportation, recreation and tourism, religion, politics, social and cultural traditions, human migration, agriculture, and urbanization.

Contains primary-source reports on 209 countries and territories—including every United Nations member state—focusing on 25 cultural categories, including language, personal appearance, greetings, visiting, family, life cycle and more.

Features information relating to the 13 provinces of Canada. Each report includes maps, flags and symbols, as well as sections on history, economy, geography, population, indigenous peoples and recipes.

Contains reliable information on every country in the world
Details political, economic, social and cultural aspects.Ranked as one of the 20 best reference works of the millennium by Library Journal
Published annually since 1864

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. The Reference tab includes: a variety of world, regional, country, ocean, and time zone maps; Flags of the World; and a Country Comparison function that ranks the country information and data in more than 75 Factbook fields.

The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program (PEP) produces estimates of the population for the United States, states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, cities, towns, as well as for Puerto Rico and its municipios.

Population projections are estimates of the population for future dates. They are typically based on an estimated population consistent with the most recent decennial census and are produced using the cohort-component method.

The International Programs Center advances data-driven decision making through tools, capacity strengthening, and data products for the global statistical community.

Population estimates and projections for 227 countries and equivalent areas, plus 15,237 subnational areas.

Publications, briefs and reports from Census Bureau experts.