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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791303303321

Autore

De Blij Harm J

Titolo

Why Geography Matters [[electronic resource] ] : Three Challenges Facing America- Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

ISBN

0-19-972710-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (618 p.)

Disciplina

909.83

Soggetti

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

China Politics and government 2002-

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

United States Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 Islamic terrorism and insurgency will threaten vital American interests. How can we understand these and other global challenges? Harm de Blij has a simple answer: by improving our understanding of the world's geography.   De Blij demonstrates how geography's perspectives yield unique and penetrating insights into the interconnect