New Geographies of the Globalized World

Herausgeber: Solarz, Marcin Wojciech

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive spatial guide to the globalized world of the 21st century, focusing on nine timely global themes as well as insights and ideas for worlds of the future: demographic trends in the contemporary world and migration; problems of development; religion; war, conflict and terrorism; challenges in transportation; media and the world community; the world community and diseases; cities, and the endangered Earth. This book will be of interest to those studying geography, human-environment relations, politics, globalization studies and international relations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781138676411
• ISBN-10: 1138676411
• Artikelnr.: 50978038

Autorenporträt

Marcin Solarz is an Associate Professor, PhD habil., Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1. Geographies of World Population: Demographic Trends
in the Contemporary World Chapter 2. Geographies of Development in the 21st
Century Chapter 3. Many Worlds, One Planet: Ambiguous Geographies of the
Contemporary International Community Chapter 4. Twenty-First- Century
Cities: From Global Challenges to Local Responses Chapter 5. Geographies of
Transportation in the 21st Century Chapter 6. Geographies of Religions: The
Religious Factor in Contemporary World Politics. - Analytical Frameworks
Chapter 7. Endangered Earth -: Pollution, Resources, Global Change Chapter
8. Arcs of Crises, Zones of Peace? The Geography of Wars, Conflicts and
Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 9. Geographies of
Twenty-First- Century Disease: Epidemiological Versus Demographic
Transition