Two professors in the UNCG Department of Geography have published an introductory text on human geography.

Professor Dr. Gordon Bennett and Department Head Dr. Jeffrey C. Patton have published “Applied Human Geography,” an introductory text for the discipline.

“Basically, this book looks at four major topics in human or cultural geography,” Bennett said. “It looks at population, political geography, economic geography and settlements, which for much of the world consists of urban geography.”

The book, published in January by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., is the sixth edition of the text and has been used in other university’s geography departments, as well as at UNCG. Patton worked on the illustrations and maps, while Bennett worked on much of the text and lessons that make up the book.

During the more than five years since the last edition, there have been so many changes in the world, Bennett said, that they needed to create this newest, updated edition.

“There are always changes in the names of countries or disputes about what countries are named – for example the leader of Burma prefers the country to be called Myanmar,” Bennett said. “Then there have been all sorts of revolutions and wars – in Iraq, in Sudan and there have been all sorts of changes in Africa.”

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