TY - BOOK AU - Lidstone,John TI - Global issues of our time SN - 0521421632 AV - G133 .G56 1995 U1 - 910 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Human geography KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Social ecology KW - Human ecology N1 - 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 ER -