UID:
almafu_9959230289002883
Format:
1 online resource (275 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-138-42454-4
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1-280-32352-3
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0-585-45318-7
Content:
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 1990's 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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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11 MANAGING URBAN CHANGE: THE CASE OF THE BRITISH INNER CITY 12 THE CHALLENGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-00143-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-40143-3
Language:
English
