492 Pages
by
Routledge
492 Pages
by
Routledge
512 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume presents a global view of today's most pressing issues through an analysis of the twelve major regions of the world. Environmental degradation, natural catastrophe, population pressures and human conflict all impact in different ways and to different degrees on the society and environment of these regions. Economic and political restructuring within each region is covered, and topics... Read more
1 Introduction 2 A brief history of the world since 1500 3 Population and resources 4 Global contrasts 5 The European Union and EFTA 6 Countries of Western and Central Europe 7 The former USSR 8 Japan and the Korean Republic 9 The USA 10 Canada and Oceania 11 Latin America 12 Africa south of the Sahara 13 North Africa and Southwest Asia 14 South Asia 15 Southeast Asia 16 China and its neighbours 17 Regional prospects 18 Twenty-first-century earth
Biography
John Cole is Emeritus Professor of Human and Regional Geography at the University of Nottingham. He has worked in several of the major regions of the world used in this book and has published widely in various aspects of geography.
