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Autore |
De Blij Harm J |
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Titolo |
Why Geography Matters [[electronic resource] ] : Three Challenges Facing America- Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism |
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Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (618 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes |
Human geography |
Terrorism |
Human geography - History - 21st century - United States |
Terrorism - History - 21st century |
Climatic changes - History - 21st century |
Anthropology |
Social Sciences |
Anthropogeography & Human Ecology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; 1 Why Geography Matters; 2 Reading Maps and Facing Threats; 3 Earth's Changeable Environments; 4 Climate and Civilization; 5 A Future Geography of Human Population; 6 The Mesh of Civilizations; 7 Red Star Rising: China's Geopolitical Gauntlet; 8 Terrorism's Widening Circle; 9 From Terrorism to Insurgency; 10 European Superpower?; 11 Russia: Trouble on the Eastern Front; 12 Hope for Africa?; Epilogue; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; Q; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Over the next half century, the human population, divided by culture and economics and armed with weapons of mass destruction, will expand to nearly 9 billion people. Abrupt climate change may throw the global system into chaos; China will emerge as a superpower; and |
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