Physical Geography: Making Sense of Planet Earth - Physical Geographic Influences on the Development of Human Societies
About this title: One of the great debates in geography has been: 'How much does place or physical geography determine human development - cultural and economic?' Using historical examples and present-day case histories, Alec Murphy guides you throu...
Human Geography: Making Sense of Planet Earth - Industrialization and Economic Development
About this title: Economic growth, wealth creation, outsourcing, economic inequality, resource distribution, and the uneven penetration of the global economy are all phenomena that have a strong geographic base. Dr. Murphy reviews how human geograph...
Enjoy Your Meal! How Food Changes the World
Exploring the aisles of a Dutch grocery store, this program clearly demonstrates that globalization has made almost any food item, no matter how exotic or remote, available to the Western consumer. But the film also shows the downside of that new gl...
Climate Change 1: The Arctic Odyssey
The Arctic is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the planet; its frozen world is one of the last refuges of the unknown land on Earth and the Arctic, as we know it, is, literally, disappearing. Under the threat of global warming, this vast expa...
The Nile River: Shared or Monopolized?
Were it not for the elemental forces of the Nile River, the great architecture of ancient Egypt and Ethiopia might never have been built. But in today’s water-starved world, the river could lead both countries down a destructive path. This program...