Global Change and Challenge: Geography for the 1990s

ISBN-13: 9780415001434 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 280 str.

Robert Bennett; R. J. Bennett

Opis

We are now experiencing a period of unprecedented change; what amounts to a global revolution in our economy, society and awareness of the human impact on the environment. Global Change and Challenge examines some of the crucial issues facing society in the 1990s and how geography can contribute to their understanding and management. Using the broad theme of how societies adapt to change, the contributors seek to present a range of views on the geography of change' in an accessible form for both school and university students. The general aim of the book is as much to encourage students to understand where we are and where we have some from, as to where we may be going.
Robert Bennett and Robert Estall are both Professors of Geography at the London School of Economics. The contributors were all members of the Department of Geography at the LSE at the time of writing.

Spis treści

Introduction Challenge and Change Robert Bennett and Robert Estall Chapter 1: Resources and the Environment; Scarcity and Sustainability Judith Rees Chapter 2: Environmental Hazards David K.C. Jones Chapter 3. Desertification and its Management Helen Scoging Chapter 4: Global Economic Change F.E. Ian Hamilton Chapter 5.: National Perspectives on Global Economic Change Robert Bennett Chapter 6. New Roles for Old Regions Robert Estall Chapter 7: Case Studies of Economic Change in Advanced Regions Robert Estall and Robert Bennett Chapter 8: Development and the Third World Sylvia Chant Chapter 9: National Perspectives on Third World Development Sylvia Chant Chapter 10: Drawing the Line Between Town and Country Michael Hebbert Chapter 11: Managing Urban Change: The Case of the British Inner City Derek D. Diamond Chapter 12: The Challenge of Information Technology Christopher Board

O autorze

Robert Bennett is Professor of Geography at the LSE, having previously held positions at Cambridge University and UCL. His recent publications include Decentralisation, Local Governments and Markets (Editor, Clarendon Press, 1990) and Local Economic Development (Bellhaven, 1991)., Robert Estall is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the LSE, from where he graduated in 1955. He has had three extended stays in the United States as Visiting Professor or Research Fellow, but his academic career has centred on the LSE. His major publications include Industrial Activity and Economic Geography (Hutchinson, 1980), New England: A Study in Industrial Adjustment (Bell, 1966) and A Modern Geography of the United States (Pelican, 1976).