Global Issues of our Time
Published on 28. April 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-521-42163-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 14 to 16 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
41 Tables, unspecified; 91 Maps; 155 Halftones, unspecified; 21 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-42163-8 (9780521421638)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
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