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The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge by Kirstin Dow
Category: Education | Series: The Earthscan Atlas Series
Since the first edition of this highly acclaimed Atlas was published in 2006 (it won the 'Planeta Environment Book of the Year'), climate change has climbed even further up the global agenda. This new edition features: the outcomes of the negotiations at the UNFCC conference in Copenhagen; the latest de ...Show more
The Atlas of Coasts and Oceans: Mapping the World's Marine Areas by Don Hinrichsen
Category: Education | Series: The Earthscan Atlas Series
An assessment of the world's coasts and oceans that details the ecological, environmental and economic importance of each and the global challenges we face to manage common waters and the resources they contain before development threatens to destroy the ultimate source of all life on the 'blue planet'. ...Show more
The Atlas of Human Migration: Global Patterns of People on the Move by KING, RUSSELL
Category: Education | Series: The Earthscan Atlas Series
Migration has provided millions with an escape route from poverty or oppression, ensuring the survival, even prosperity, of individuals and their families. New currents of human migration, triggered by ethnic cleansing or climate change or economic need, are appearing all the time and immigration has be ...Show more
The Atlas of Human Rights: Mapping Violations of Freedom Worldwide by FAGAN ANDREW
Category: Education | Series: The Earthscan Atlas Series
Human rights have become synonymous with legal, political, social and even economic justice - as a means of overcoming oppression and discrimination irrespective of nationality, class, creed, gender, ethnicity, or even ideological commitment. As global governments are increasingly using a threat of terr ...Show more
The Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource by Maggie Black & Jannet King
Category: Education | Series: The Earthscan Atlas Series
The planet's finite supply of fresh water is under such pressure that soon it may be the most valuable commodity on earth. The new edition of this crucial and timely atlas shows water distribution worldwide, and reflects the latest thinking and emerging issues. With updated data throughout, the atlas co ...Show more
The Atlas of Women in the World by Joni Seager
Category: Education | Series: The Earthscan Atlas Series
To improve the state of women is to improve the state of the world. Global events continue to reveal the importance of understanding how women live across continents and cultures. Using maps and graphics in this new revision of her eye-opening book, Joni Seager uses up-to-the-minute research and data t ...Show more
The State of the World Atlas by Dan Smith
Category: Reference | Series: The Earthscan Atlas Series
Featuring over 50 world maps, this title offers an analysis of the political, social, economic and ecological nightmares that keep us awake at night.
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