ISBN:
9780203401439
,
0203401433
,
0415001420
,
0415001439
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (275 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Edition:
2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Global change and challenge
Parallel Title:
Print version Global Change and Challenge : Geography for the 1990s
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Earth sciences
;
Geography
;
Earth sciences
;
Geography
;
Electronic books
;
Geography
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Geografie
;
Umweltgeografie
;
Prognose 1990-2000
;
Geografie
;
Prognose 1990-2000
Abstract:
Cover -- GLOBAL CHANGE AND CHALLENGE -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Plates -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT: SCARCITY AND SUSTAINABILITY -- 2 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS -- 3 DESERTIFICATION AND ITS MANAGEMENT -- 4 GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGE -- 5 NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGE -- 6 NEW ROLES FOR OLD REGIONS -- 7 CASE STUDIES OF ECONOMIC CHANGE IN ADVANCED REGIONS -- 8 DEVELOPMENT AND THE THIRD WORLD -- 9 NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT -- 10 DRAWING THE LINE BETWEEN TOWN AND COUNTRY -- 11 MANAGING URBAN CHANGE: THE CASE OF THE BRITISH INNER CITY -- 12 THE CHALLENGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- Index.
Abstract:
We are now experiencing a period of unprecedented change; what amounts to a global revolution in our economy, society and awareness of the human impact on the environment. Global Change and Challenge examines some of the crucial issues facing society in the 1990s and how geography can contribute to their understanding and management. Using the broad theme of how societies adapt to change, the contributors seek to present a range of views on the `geography of change' in an accessible form for both school and university students. The general aim of the book is as much to encourage students to understand where we are and where we have some from, as to where we may be going. Robert Bennett and Robert Estall are both Professors of Geography at the London School of Economics. The contributors were all members of the Department of Geography at the LSE at the time of writing.
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