Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever

by H.J. de Blij

Book Overview

In recent years our world has seen transformations of all kinds: intense climate change accompanied by significant weather extremes; deadly tsunamis caused by submarine earthquakes; unprecedented terrorist attacks; costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; a terrible and overlooked conflict in Equatorial Africa costing millions of lives; an economic crisis threatening the stability of the international system. Is there some way we can get our minds around...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199913749
• ISBN13: 9780199913749
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"