03116nam 22006613u 450 991045327000332120210108074354.00-19-972710-4(CKB)2550000001204449(EBL)430780(SSID)ssj0001039302(PQKBManifestationID)12452071(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001039302(PQKBWorkID)10985041(PQKB)10289377(MiAaPQ)EBC430780(EXLCZ)99255000000120444920151123d2005|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy Geography Matters[electronic resource] Three Challenges Facing America- Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global TerrorismOxford University Press, USA20051 online resource (618 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-518301-0 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; ZOver 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 interconnectClimatic changesHuman geographyTerrorismHuman geographyHistory21st centuryUnited StatesTerrorismHistory21st centuryClimatic changesHistory21st centuryAnthropologyHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCAnthropogeography & Human EcologyHILCCElectronic books.Climatic changes.Human geography.Terrorism.Human geographyHistoryTerrorismHistoryClimatic changesHistoryAnthropologySocial SciencesAnthropogeography & Human Ecology909.83De Blij Harm J35362AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910453270003321Why Geography Matters1920916UNINA