Solarz New Geographies of the Globalized World

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-19719-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 230 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Solarz, Marcin Wojciech

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

M.W. Solarz

1. Geographies of world population: Demographic trends in the contemporary world

B. Jaczewska, M. Jedrusik, M.W. Solarz, T. Wites, M. Wojtaszczyk

2. Many worlds, one planet: Geographies of the contemporary international community

M.W. Solarz

3. Geographies of development in the 21st century: Idea and reality

F. Guyris

4. Geographies of religions: Religion factor in the contemporary world politics.

A.M. Solarz

5. Geographies of wars, conflicts and terrorism: Arcs of crises, zones of peace in the times of GWOT

M. Madej

6. Geographies of media: Media and the World Community in the 21st century

K. Brylska, T. Gackowski, L. Szurminski

7. Geographies of transportation in the 21st century

A. Jancsovics, I. Keseru, B. Németh, V. Oszter, G. Szalkai

8. Geographies of 21st century diseases: Epidemiological transition versus demographic transition

I. Lecka

9. Geographies of 21st century cities: from global challenges to local responses

J. Benedek, V. Bodocan, R. Rusu

10. Geographies of endangered Earth: pollutions, resources, global changes in the 21st century

A. Dudek, J. Makowski, J. Mietkiewska-Brynda

Über Autor(innen)

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