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Autore: | De Blij Harm J |
Titolo: | Why Geography Matters [[electronic resource] ] : Three Challenges Facing America- Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (618 p.) |
Disciplina: | 909.83 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Why Geography Matters |
ISBN: | 0-19-972710-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453270003321 |
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