Running Time: Approx. 27 minutes

In this program Dr. Murphy utilizes human geography's leading experts to define the scope and importance of the subject. Then he introduces the key concepts and tools that human geography uses to understand the human landscape.

Chapters in this Program:

Chapter 1: What is Human Geography
Chapter 2: Maps and Human Geography
Chapter 3: The Importance of Scale in Human Geography
Chapter 4: Formal, Functional and Vernacular Regions
Chapter 5: Fieldwork in Human Geography

Running Time: Approx. 26 minutes

Human population, its location and concentrations, is the fundamental factor in all cultural and economic development, past, present and future. Dr. Murphy focuses in this program on how population distribution has changed over time, and why.

Chapters in this program:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Population Distribution
Chapter 2: The History of Population Growth
Chapter 3: The Demographic Transition Model
Chapter 4: Thomas Robert Malthus' Prediction
Chapter 5: The Three Types of Migration
Chapter 6: Push and Pull Factors of Migration
Chapter 7: Migratory Counter-flows
Chapter 8: Future Population Growth

Running Time: Approx. 27 minutes

Humans are among the most social animals on the planet. We need a shared system of language, beliefs, norms and values to survive and mature from birth to adulthood. In short, everybody needs a culture. In this program, Dr Murphy shows us how geography helps us make sense of the diverse cultural landscape.

Chapters in this program:

Chapter 1: Culture and Place
Chapter 2: Folk Culture
Chapter 3: Popular Culture
Chapter 4: What is Diffusion
Chapter 5: The Three Types of Diffusion
Chapter 6: Language
Chapter 7: Religion
Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity

Running Time: 27 minutes

One of the most important subjects in human geography is the relationship between political power, people, and space or territory. Dr. Murphy guides us through the understanding of how political power has evolved and moved across the landscape. This understanding is one of the keys to confronting social economic challenges.

Chapters in this program:

Chapter 1: Political Power and Territory
Chapter 2: The Rise of Ancient Empires
Chapter 3: The Emergence of Nations
Chapter 4: Political Boundaries Make their Appearance
Chapter 5: The Territorial Evolution of the United States
Chapter 6: Distinguishing Between Nation and State
Chapter 7: The Creation of New Geopolitical Entities

Running Time: Approx. 27 minutes

As the human population has grown to over 7 billion people, nothing has had to change more than the geography of agriculture. Incredibly over 40 percent of the Earth's land is now given over to agriculture. In this program Dr. Murphy takes the viewer through the geography of the first, second and green agricultural revolutions.

Chapters in this program:

Chapter 1: Global Distribution of Agriculture
Chapter 2: The First Agricultural Revolution
Chapter 3: Primary Regions of Agricultural Diffusion
Chapter 4: The Second Agricultural Revolution
Chapter 5: The Green Revolution and Geopolitical Policy

Running Time: 27 minutes

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. How human geography can help make sense of the economic world is Dr. Murphy's topic for this program.

Chapters in this program:

Chapter 1: Economic Diversity
Chapter 2: Gross Domestic Product
Chapter 3: United States Economic History
Chapter 4: Economic Development
Chapter 5: Natural Resources
Chapter 6: Commodity Chain
Chapter 7: Economics and Geographic Place
Chapter 8: Redefining Economic Development

Running Time: Approx. 27 minutes

In the 21st century, more than half of humanity lives in urban areas. We are becoming a world of cities -- many of them global cities. Where are cities located, how are they organized, and what are they like is the topic of this program. Dr. Murphy shows us how making sense of this great diversity in urban landscapes is one of human geography's major jobs.

Chapters in this program:

Chapter 1: Urban Landscapes
Chapter 2: Origins of Urbanization
Chapter 3: Urbanization Diffusion
Chapter 4: Feudalism
Chapter 5: The Industrial Revolution
Chapter 6: Urban Land-Use Models
Chapter 7: Urban Spaces
Chapter 8: Future Urbanization

Running Time: Approx. 27 minutes

The planet's surface is being reorganized and reshaped at a scale never before seen. The cause of this change is human activity itself. Not only is the physical landscape changing but so too is the human landscape. PEOPLE, RESOURCES, ENERGY, CAPITAL, and INFORMATION are moving from place to place at an ever-accelerating rate. In this final program, Dr. Murphy shows us how seeing the world spatially is a key to making sense of what lies ahead.

Chapters in this program:

Chapter 1: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences
Chapter 2: Species Extinction and Biodiversity Loss
Chapter 3: The Anthropocene Era
Chapter 4: Climate Change
Chapter 5: Globalization
Chapter 6: Economic Inequalities
Chapter 7: Food Production and Distribution