Why geography matters: More than ever / Harm de Blij

By:

de Blij, Harm [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2012Description: x, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:

9780199913749

Subject(s):

TERRORISM

LOC classification:

GF 503 .D4 2012

Contents:

Why geography matter ... more than ever -- Reading maps and facing threats -- Geography and demography -- Geography and climate change -- Climate, place and fate -- The Geography behind war and terror -- Interpreting terrorism's geographic manifestations -- Red star rising : China's geopolitical gauntlet -- Europe : superpower in the making or paper tiger of the future -- Russia : trouble on the Eastern front -- Africa in globalizing world

Summary: Despite increasing global interconnectivity and an accelerated pace of change, we are less informed and less knowledgeable about geography than ever. Most of us go from kindergarten through college without taking a single geography class. As Harm de Blij argues persuasively, such geographic illiteracy poses a huge risk. In this second edition of his now-classic book, de Blij shows just how much geography does matter -- illuminating topics from the burgeoning power of China to the troubling disarray of the European Union, from the dangerous nuclear ambitions of North Korea to the revolutionary hopes of the Arab Spring.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Annex General Circulation	Gen. Ed - CEAS	GC GF 503 .D4 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000010821

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Despite increasing global interconnectivity and an accelerated pace of change, we are less informed and less knowledgeable about geography than ever. Most of us go from kindergarten through college without taking a single geography class. As Harm de Blij argues persuasively, such geographic illiteracy poses a huge risk. In this second edition of his now-classic book, de Blij shows just how much geography does matter -- illuminating topics from the burgeoning power of China to the troubling disarray of the European Union, from the dangerous nuclear ambitions of North Korea to the revolutionary hopes of the Arab Spring.

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