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GeoGraphy StreaminG Video ColleCtion
15,700 video Clips 1,100 full-length videos and growing!
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Includes:Human Geography
Physical Geography
World Regional Geography
• Convenientlysegmentedforlectureandin-classuse
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Coveringbothphysicalandhumangeography,thisvastcollectioncoversthenaturalandsocialprocessesthatpatternandchangetheearth’ssurface.Studentswillfinddocumentaries,presentations,andinstructionaltitlesthatbridgesocialandnaturalsciencestoaddressthemajorissuesingeography:environmentalchange;transformationofeconomyandculture;urbanization;regionalorglobalinequality;naturalhazards;andmore.
Once you find the clips you need, use the custom playlist tool or embed code to provide instant access for students through your online course management system.
Use the powerful search and browse tools to find the perfect titles and clips for lectures and assignments.
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The Arctic CircleFilmed in some of the most beautiful and desolate locations on earth, a two-part series that marries hard science with dramatic live-action footage and sophisticated computer graphics to tell the story of climate change at the top of the world, which suffers some of its most painful impacts.
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The Future of Food Traveling through the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Africa, and India, a two-hour BBC series exploring the complex global web that brings food from farm to table, and the very real possibility of a worldwide food crisis.
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Strange Days on Planet EarthAn award-winning six-hour series hosted by Edward Norton that uses remarkable imagery to explore new discoveries about the health of planet Earth, and how seemingly distant events are connected to human health and society.
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Great Cities: Rise of the MegalopolisSurveys the emergence and develop-ment of the megacity—both as an intellectual concept and as a physical phenomenon that is altering the face of the planet, and its association to poverty, unemployment, rampant crime, poor or nonexistent health care, and air and water pollution.
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The Explorers: Five Europeans Who Redrew the Map of the WorldReconstructs European voyages of discovery that took place in the 15th through 18th centuries, and profiles the visionaries who led them, using sophisticated animation and expertise from modern scholars and archivists.
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Slum CitiesExplores the tragedy of illegal slums filled with some of the poorest people in the world,
lacking water, sanitation, and other resources needed to support exploding populations. Slum residents, as well as those who have broken out of the cycle of poverty, are interviewed in Mumbai, India, and Rio de Janeiro.
GeoGraphy StreaminG Video ColleCtion
15,700 video clips, 1,100 full-length videos— and growing. Ask your librarian for a FREE TRIAL!
Here’s a sampling of the collection highlights:
Alltitlesaresegmentedintoshort,pedagogicalclips,idealforclassroomuse.Forhomeworkviewing,studentscanchoosetowatchanentirefilmwithoutinterruption.Titleswithinthecollectionaresortedacross20distinct,browsablesubjectcategories(e.g.,UrbanGeography;EnvironmentalGeography;ToolsandTechniques;Population,Cultural&SocialGeography),enablingrefinedsearchesforavailabletitlesinspecifictopicareas.
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Mapping the World A three-part series that tells the dramatic story of mapmaking—its origins, development, myriad uses, and ongoing potential, from prehis-toric rock art to the globe-spanning visions of Google Earth.
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Fighting the Tide: Developing Nations and GlobalizationA 14-part series that documents how the consumption and spending habits of
Western civilization affect people thou-sands of miles away, with each episode focusing on a different country.
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Rivers and Life: How Waterways Cradle and Confound Human SocietyA six-hour series that guides viewers through cultures and countries shaped by rivers, including the Amazon, Ganges, Mississippi, Nile, Rhine, and Yangtze.
Islands and LifeA six-hour series that explores the lives of islanders on Fiji, Cuba, Cyprus, Galapagos, Zanzibar, and Iceland—each a world of its own.
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Terra Report: A World of TroubleA series in five parts revealing the dangers threatening the natural world as well as specific socioeconomic factors intertwined with them—show-cases the realities of environmental devastation, species extinction, famine, starvation, and political instability in Africa, Asia, and South America.
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