Why Geography Matters [[electronic resource] ] : Three Challenges Facing America- Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |