Globalization refers to the increasing international flow of money, ideas and culture due to growing global interactions. Localization is the process of restricting things to a particular place. The document discusses key concepts in world regional geography including the natural environment, human geography, political geographies, and economic geographies. It defines these concepts as the interaction of living species, climate, and resources that affect human life; the study of people, communities, cultures, economies, and their relationship to spaces; the spatial distribution and impact of location on political processes; and the study of the organization and distribution of economic activities worldwide.

1. GLOBALIZATION AND
THE WORLD REGIONAL
& CONCEPTS IN WORLD
REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

2. GLOBALIZATION AND THE
WORLD REGIONAL
Globalization
•is the increasing interaction of people
through the growth of the
international flow of money, ideas
and culture.

3. localization
•the process of making
something local in character
or restricting it to a
particular place.

4. CONCEPTS IN WORLD
REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
Natural environment
The term is most often applied to the Earth or
some parts of Earth. This environment
encompasses the interaction of all living
species, climate, weather, and natural
resources that affect human survival and
economic activity.

5. Human geography
Human geography is the branch of
Geography that deals with the study of
people and their communities, cultures,
economies, and interactions with the
environment by studying their relations
with and across space and place.

6. Political Geographies
Political geography is a branch of human
geography that studies the spatial
distribution of political processes and how
these processes are impacted by ones
geographic location.

7. Economic Geographies
Economic geography is the study of the
location, distribution and spatial
organization of economic activities across
the world. It represents a traditional
subfield of the discipline of geography.