Why Geography Matters : Three Challenges Facing America: Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism [NOOK Book]

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Over the next half century, the human population, divided by culture and economics and armed with weapons of mass destruction, will expand to nearly 9 billion people. Abrupt climate change may throw the global system into chaos; China will emerge as a superpower; and Islamic terrorism and insurgency will threaten vital American interests. How can we understand these and other global challenges? Harm de Blij has a simple answer: by improving our understanding of the world's ...
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Over the next half century, the human population, divided by culture and economics and armed with weapons of mass destruction, will expand to nearly 9 billion people. Abrupt climate change may throw the global system into chaos; China will emerge as a superpower; and Islamic terrorism and insurgency will threaten vital American interests. How can we understand these and other global challenges? Harm de Blij has a simple answer: by improving our understanding of the world's geography.
De Blij demonstrates how geography's perspectives yield unique and penetrating insights into the interconnections that mark our shrinking world. Centuries ago a surge of climate change halted China's maritime plans; more recently, environmental calamity altered the course of geopolitical events in East Asia; today, terrorists look for failed and malfunctioning states to base their operations--and some of these are in our own hemisphere.
Preparing for climate change, averting a cold war with China, defeating terrorism: all of this requires geographic knowledge. In Why Geography Matters, de Blij makes an urgent call to restore geography to America's educational curriculum. He shows how and why the U.S. has become the world's most geographically illiterate society of consequence--and demonstrates that this geographic illiteracy is a direct risk to America's national security.
In this personal and engaging book, de Blij provides a geographer's perspective on the challenges of this new century. As he states, "We are crossing the threshold to a century that will witness massive environmental change, major population shifts, persistent civilizational conflicts [and] while geographic knowledge by itself cannot solve these problems, they will not be effectively approached without it."
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780199779505
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publication date: 9/1/2005
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 129,615
  • File size: 7 MB

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 11, 2012

    Ok

    We have to read it for AP World Geography. Interesting but boring at some parts.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 21, 2012

    how is it bias?

    how is it bias?

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 14, 2012

    Its okay..

    We have to read this book in AP Human Geo. Its okay, but I dont think this book was made for freshman reading. Lol.

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  • Posted May 29, 2012

    Possibly the most impressive and memorable book I have ever read

    Possibly the most impressive and memorable book I have ever read.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 17, 2012

    Really b

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 25, 2011

    ...

    This book is good but very personal. Some parts seem bias.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 27, 2008

    Decent, but not great

    When I picked this book up, I was thinking that this book would be interesting. Although I did find it interesting, I just didn't feel like Harm de Blij stayed focus and on topic with many subjects. It made it a little difficult for me to follow. De Blij did make many intriguing points, though. I felt that he described those points well, despite seeming like it was off topic. He has an understanding for the problems effecting our world today and the knowledge of how to address them. I was interested in reading about how he saw terrorists and what he had to say about the rise in other nations' power. On the downside, one thing that really caught my attention was the grammatical errors. As I read through, I was able to find many mistakes and misspellings. It was as though the editor didn't spend enough time looking for those mistakes. If there weren't this many mistakes, I could have read through it and not have to stop every few minutes to reread something. That took some of my interest away. Footnotes would have helped a lot as well. On some topics, I was lost completely. If there were some notes explaining certain aspects, I could have enjoyed it more. Also, evidence didn't always back up what was being explained. There were a couple of times when I didn't feel as though I could trust the facts that were given. Overall, this was a decent, but not great. If you are into science, check this book out. I know that's a wide range, but this book covers a lot. And even if you aren't into science, check it out to keep up on our modern world.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 5, 2006

    A book that matters

    Excellent reading - DeBlij is both descriptive and concise, and steers clear of political finger-pointing to speak to an overall world viewpoint, using a geographical sense of placement and locale to enlighten us on situations across the globe. This book can be enjoyed by those knowledgeable of geography as well as just plain folks like me. His section on Africa was particularly interesting. He also speaks to the declining importance of geographical understanding to our foreign service, and how this lack is not serving well either US or foreign interests.

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