Geography of North Africa and Southwest Asia

• regionalization of North Africa and Southwest Asia,
• historical background of the region and the impact of historical factors on the current situation in the region,
• physical geography of the region: geological development and geomorphological features, climate, hydrogeography, soils and biomes, environmental problems and challenges of natural resources use (desertification, water scarcity, climate change, etc.),
• settlement and population characteristics (population growth, migrations, ethnic, linguistic and religious characteristics, social aspects of human development) and their impact on the landscape,
• economic characteristics: the position of the region in the world economy and its economic features (agriculture and non-agricultural activities, the role of natural resources, in particular fossil fuels),
• geographical characteristics of individual parts of the region (Northwest Africa, Northeast Africa, Southwest Asia), their contemporary socio-economic problems, political issues (conflicts) and environmental challenges.

• Anderson, E. W., Anderson, L. D., 2010. An atlas of Middle Eastern affairs. London, New York: Routledge. COBISS.SI-ID – 44931170
• Hobbs, J. J., 2017. Fundamentals of world regional geography. 4th ed. Boston: Cengage Learning. COBISS.SI-ID – 64186978
• Pulsipher, L. M., Pulsipher, A., 2015. World regional geography concepts. New York: W. H. Freedman, A Macmillan Education. COBISS.SI-ID – 59966818
• Stewart, D. J., 2013. The Middle East today: political, geographical and cultural perspectives. London, New York: Routledge. COBISS.SI-ID – 52230754
• Vintar Mally, K., 2012. Geografija Podsaharske Afrike. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete. COBISS.SI-ID – 259983616

Other current literature available in the e-classroom.