Global Issues of our Time - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521421632 ISBN 13: 9780521421638

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Riassunto

Global Issues of Our Time is an international collection of case studies examining geographical issues of current and future interest. The editor, Australian geographer Dr John Lidstone, has brought together leading geographers from around the world to create a truly international textbook. The chapters examine positive solutions to the particular issues experienced by individual countries including urbanisation, acid rain, industrial pollution, global warming and the greenhouse effect. The case studies will be of interest to senior secondary schools students of geography around the world.

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Global Issues of Our Time is an international collection of case-studies examining geographical issues of current and future interest. The chapters examine positive solutions to the particular issues experienced by individual countries. The case studies will be of interest to senior secondary school geography students around the world.

Contenuti:

1. Looking at the world - positively!; 2. Managing the Amazon for Brazil; 3. Rich and poor in Nigeria - bridging the gap; 4. China's population; 5. Fighting the war against hunger in India; 6. Urbanisation in Bangladesh; 7. Urbanisation in Brazil; 8. Development in Bhutan: good or bad?; 9. Saving Australia's soils; 10. Dams: the environmental hazard; 11. A new airport for Hong Kong; 12. Industrial pollution in Taiwan; 13. Bulgaria: at a geographical crossroads; 14. The diamond trade: rich world-poor world; 15. Defending Finland from acid rain; 16. Controlling the road traffic in Singapore; 17. The greenhouse effect: What do we know and what do we fear?; 18. Will Holland be drowned if the world climate becomes warmer?; 19. Can past floods help us to understand the greenhouse effect?; 20. Energy - A persistent global issue; 21. Changing lifestyles in Europe: the coal and steel industry

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521421632
• ISBN 13: 9780521421638
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176
• Redattore: Lidstone John