The Global Geographies framework throughout the book emphasises the interdependence of places and processes at different scales. Thus, one of the chief organizing principles in the book is how globalization frames the social and cultural construction of particular places and regions. This approach allows the authors to focus on a number of important concepts such as the links between global and local, the unevenness of political and economic development, and links between society and nature. A focus on process addresses the actions that produce the spatial patterns evident in today's world. Rather than presenting a regional snapshot in time, the authors choose to present these patterns as continually evolving entities, each with a past, a present, and a future. A thematic structure organises each of the regional chapters around a consistent set of headings, which are: Environment and Society History, Economy, and Territory Culture and Populations Future Geographies An emphasis on fundamentals explores the basics of geography: the principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks, and basic knowledge necessary to build a geographic understanding of today’s world, and to sustain a lifelong geographic imagination. Superior cartography and photography offer a rich, diverse visual program with hundreds of maps and photos that help professors better teach their students the important spatial elements inherent to geography. Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction highlight interesting regional connections and serve as an example of the book’s overall global approach. These features link people in one world region to people throughout the world through a discussion of the local production and global consumption of one of the region's primary commodities. Updated End of Chapter Thinking Geographically Questions offer higher-level writing questions to help students apply and synthesise their understanding of chapter concepts and themes.