Earth wars [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for global resources / / Geoff Hiscock
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Hiscock Geoff
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| Titolo: |
Earth wars [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for global resources / / Geoff Hiscock
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| Pubblicazione: | Singapore ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons Singapore, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Natural resources - Political aspects |
| Energy development - Political aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The four essentials : food, water, energy, metals -- Geographical flashpoints : the trouble with lines on a map -- The key players : diggers, drillers, and dealers -- Food and water : where the rivers run -- "Going out" for energy : China and India stake their claims -- Old coal still burning brightly -- Going nuclear in a post-Fukushima world -- New energy--clean, green, and expensive -- Coppery red, the colour of earth's true love -- Finding steel's essential ingredients -- U.S. energy : hail to the shale -- Japan after the deluge -- BRACQK (Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Kazakhstan) is the new BRIC -- The up and comers : Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Mexico -- What happens next : a host of global opportunities -- Conclusion : a world so changed. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A fascinating insight into the global battle for our energy future The global competition for scarce natural resources that pits the West against the super-hot economies of China and India, plus a clutch of other contenders including Russia, Brazil, and Indonesia, has become one of the biggest issues facing the world today. Whether it is the rare metal lithium found in salt pans in the Andes, gas from the Caspian Sea, oil off the coast of Brazil, coal from Africa's Zambezi River, or uranium from Kazakhstan, China and India are desperate to ensure the security of their future energy |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Earth wars |
| ISBN: | 1-119-19922-0 |
| 1-118-15289-1 | |
| 1-280-59133-1 | |
| 9786613621160 | |
| 1-118-15291-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910141296203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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