Global issues of our time /
Global issues of our time /
edited by John Lidstone.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
- vi, 170 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Machine derived contents note: 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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Human geography.
Human geography--Problems, exercises, etc.
Social ecology.
Social ecology--Problems, exercises, etc.
Human ecology.
Human ecology--Problems, exercises, etc.
G133 / .G56 1995
910 / GLO 79092
Includes index.
Machine derived contents note: 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.
0521421632
93034256
Human geography.
Human geography--Problems, exercises, etc.
Social ecology.
Social ecology--Problems, exercises, etc.
Human ecology.
Human ecology--Problems, exercises, etc.
G133 / .G56 1995
910 / GLO 79092