| Other author/creator | Dorsey, E. Deborah. |
| Other author/creator | Wisniewski, Lance. |
| Other author/creator | Cros, Jean Louis. |
| Other author/creator | Breit, Annie. |
| Other author/creator | Paintault, Micheline. |
| Other author/creator | Burns, Bob. |
| Other author/creator | Remin, Katarzyna. |
| Other author/creator | Samsioe, Roger. |
| Other author/creator | Combes, Georges. |
| Other author/creator | Reede, Joop van. |
| Other author/creator | Stow, Hardy. |
| Other author/creator | Tozaki, Kenji. |
| Other author/creator | Yokota, Masami. |
| Other author/creator | Nakama, Hidetoshi. |
| Other author/creator | Rockefeller, Terry Kay. |
| Other author/creator | Zerwetz, Agnes. |
| Other author/creator | Chaléard, Jean-Louis. |
| Other author/creator | Kimmerling, Philippe. |
| Other author/creator | Frumkin, Peter. |
| Other author/creator | Marvil, Rebecca. |
| Other author/creator | Reilly, Megan. |
| Other author/creator | McCormick, Eilish. |
| Other author/creator | Caulfield, Nancy. |
| Other author/creator | Peters, Steve, 1959- |
| Other author/creator | Cambridge Studios (Boston, Mass.) |
| Other author/creator | Annenberg Media. |
| Portion of title |
Geography for the 21st century |
| Contents |
Disc 1, programs 1-6. program 1. One earth, many scales / producer/director, Lance Wisniewski -- program 2. Boundaries and borderlands / producer/director, Lance Wisniewski -- program 3. Supranationalism and devolution / producers/directors, Jean Louis Cros, Annie Breit, Eilish McCormick -- program 4. East looks west / Berlin case study / producer, Jean Louis Cros ; director Micheline Paintault ; Poland case study / producer/editor, Megan Reilly ; directors, Bob Burns, Katarzyna Remin -- program 5. Transforming industrial heartland / producers/directors, Roger Samsioe, Lance Wisniewski -- program 6. Challenges in the hinterlands / Andalucia case study / producers/directors, Jean Louis Cros, Georges Combes, Lance Wisniewski ; Iceland case study / prodcuers, Lance Wisniewski, Nancy Caulfield ; director, Lance Wisniewski -- disc 2, programs 7-12. program 7. Northwest contrast / producer/director, Joop van Reede -- program 8. Holding the hinterlands / Dagestan case study / producer/director, Joop van Reede ; Bratsk case study / director, Joop van Reede -- program 9. Changes on the Chang Jiang / Shanghai case study / producers/directors, Lance Wisniewski, Hardy Stow ; Sijia case study / producers/directors, Kenji Tozaki, Lance Wisniewski -- program 10. Booming maritime edge / Guangdong case study / producers/directors, Hardy Stow, Bob Burns ; Taiwan case study / producers/directors, Hardy Stow, Eilish McCormick -- program 11. Challenge for two old cities / producers/directors, Masami Yokota, Kenji Tozaki -- program 12. Small farms, big cities / producers/directors, Kenji Tozaki, Masami Yokota -- disc 3, programs 13-18. program 13. Mainland / producer/director, Hardy Stow -- program 14. Maritime connection / Indonesia case study / producer/driector, Hardy Stow ; Malaysia case study / producer/director, Hidetoshi Nakama -- program 15. Global interaction / Singapore case study / producers/directors, Hardy Stow, Eilish McCormick ; Australia case study / producer/director, Hardy Stow -- program 16. Urban and rural contrasts / producers/directors, Masami Yokota, Hidetoshi Nakama, Eilish McCormick -- program 17. Sacred space, secular states? / producer/director, Joop van Reede -- program 18. Oil and water / producer/director, Roger Samsioe -- disc 4, programs 19-23. program 19. Strength to overcome / producers/directors, Roger Samsioe, Terry Rockefeller -- program 20. Developing countries / Cote d'Ivoire case study / producers/directors, Agnes Zerwetz, Jean-Louis Chaleard, Annie Breit ; Gabon case study / Agnes Zerwetz, Philippe Kimmerling, Lance Wisniewski -- program 21. Population geography / producer/director, Lance Wisniewski -- program 22. Dynamic Pacific Rim / Ecuador case study / producers/directors, Peter Frumkin, Lance Wisniewski ; Chile case study / producer/director, Peter Frumkin -- program 23. Brazil : the sleeping giant / São Paulo case study / producers, Peter Frumkin, Rebecca Marvil ; director, Peter Frumkin Amazon case study / producer/director, Peter Frumkin -- disc 5, programs 24-26. program 24. Cityscapes, suburban sprawl / Boston cases study / producers, Lance Wisniewski, Nancy Caulfield ; director, Lance Wisniewski ; Chicago case study / producers, Nancy Caulfield, Bob Burns ; director, Peter Frumkin -- program 25. Ethnic fragmentation in Canada / director, Lance Wisniewski ; Vancouver case study / producers, Nancy Caulfield, Lance Wisniewski ; Montreal case study / producer, Nancy Caulfield -- program 26. Regions and economies / Oregon case study / producers, Nancy Caulfield, Lance Wisniewski ; director, Lance Wisniewski ; Midwest auto case study / producer, Megan Reilly ; director/writer, Bob Burns. |
| Abstract |
"Geography educators and content experts from around the globe look at physical, human, political, historical, economic, and cultural factors that affect people and natural environments. Maps, animation, and expert commentary focus to 52 case studies from 36 countries. Each case study reflects the issues of our 21st century world, as viewed from a geographical perspective"--Container. |
| General note | Videodisc release of a 2003 documentary series. |
| General note | Originally produced in 1996, the entire series has been updated. Each case study features new interviews, maps, video footage and graphics in order to reflect the geographic issues of our world in the 21st century. A coordinated web site provides further content information. |
| General note | Contains 26 30 min. programs. |
| Credits | Camera, Roger Perreau (programs 3, 20), Dieter Stopfgeshoff (programs 5, 19), Jacky Peschard (program 6), Mark van Dorp (programs 8, 17), Osamu Inoue (programs 9, 14, 16), Tetsuji Inoue (programs 11-12), Alain Bernard (program 20) ; editors, Joanne Geary (programs 1, 3-6, 9-16, 19, 20), Joanne Geary ... [et al.] (programs 2, 7, 21, 23-25), Tom Miller (programs 1, 4, 8, 10, 19), Bob Burns (programs 1, 14), E. Deborah Dorsey (programs 3, 15, 16, 20), Nouchka Zergoun (program 4), Cherry Enoki (programs 5, 15), Christopher Dryer (programs 5, 6, 8, 9, 11), Lance Wisniewski (program 9), Eilish McCormick (programs 10, 11, 13, 20), Karen Silverstein (program 12), Jesse Gebryel ... [et al.] (program 17), Andrew Sayre (program 19), Jennifer Carville ... [et al.] (programs 22, 26) ; music, Steve Peters ... [et al.]. |
| Performer |
Narrator, E. Deborah Dorsey. |
| Spec. audience char. |
High school and college students. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| ISBN | 1576807789 |
| ISBN | 9781576807781 |
