Latin America in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions

by Gregory Knapp (Editor)

Overview

This book showcases the achievements of geographers in helping understand and solve major problems facing Latin America. Chapters cover a variety of topics from conservation to transportation to gender. Each chapter is written by an expert in the geography of Latin America. The chapters include case studies of recent problems or issues in Latin America and provide examples of geographic research that has helped illuminate or solve these problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292743472
Publisher:	Conf of Latin Americanist Geographers
Publication date:	04/01/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	281
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Gregory Knapp is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents

• Introduction (Gregory Knapp)
• 1. North American Reflections on Latin Americanist Geography (Daniel W. Gade)
• 2. Feeding a Growing Population on an Increasingly Fragile Planet (William E. Doolittle, Andrew Sluyter Eric P. Perramond, Phil L. Crossley, and Dean P. Lambert)
• 3. Transportation Challenges for Latin America in the 21st Century (David J. Keeling)
• 4. Geographies of Development in Latin America? (Anthony Bebbington)
• 5. Mapping the Landscape of Gender: Latin Americanist Scholarship on Women (Kathleen Schroeder)
• 6. Land Change Science: The Contributions of Latin Americanist Geographers to Global Environmental Change and Sustainability Research (Jacqueline Vadjunec, Laura Schneider, and B. L. Turner II)
• 7. Conservation and Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean (Karl S. Zimmerer and Eric P. Carter)
• 8. Mapping the Landscape of Identity (Gregory Knapp and Peter Herlihy)
• 9. Bernard Q. Nietschmann (William V. Davidson)