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Paperback. An introduction to the nature, scope and application of human geography through the study of world problems, this book now appears in a new edition to take account of developments in the last five years. The book is suitable as a first year student text for the "Geography of World Problems" course. Editor(s): Johnston, R. J.; Taylor, Peter J. Num Pages: 382 pages, 0. BIC Classification: RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
The 1970's witnessed widespread recognition of the world as a single, interconnecting whole. The 1980's have shown that this whole is not operating as a self-sustaining system. In short we appear to live in a world in crisis- manifesting itself in hunger, poverty, debt, conflict, statelessness and war, as well as in the accelerating degradation of the natural environment.
The 1970's witnessed widespread recognition of the world as a single, interconnecting whole. The 1980's have shown that this whole is not operating as a self-sustaining system. In short we appear to live in a world in crisis- manifesting itself in hunger, poverty, debt, conflict, statelessness and war, as well as in the accelerating degradation of the natural environment.
The geographical perspectives of World in Crisis? - in this completely revised and updated edition - show the interlinking nature of global, regional, and local problems and, further, that these are not uniquely economic, ecological, political or social, but all ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631162711
SKU
V9780631162711
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99-50
About Johnston
R. J. Johnston is the editor of A World in Crisis, published by Wiley. Peter James Taylor, FBA, FAcSS is an English geographer. Born in Calverton in Nottinghamshire, he was Professor of Political Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne between 1970 and 1996, before joining Loughborough University as Professor of Geography Since 2010 he was worked at Northumbria ... Read more
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