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Earth wars : the battle for global resources / Geoff Hiscock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hiscock, Geoff.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural resources--Political aspects.
- Natural resources.
- Energy development--Political aspects.
- Energy development.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24cm
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Singapore, 2012.
- Contents:
- The four essentials : food, water, energy, metals
- Geographical flashpoints : the trouble with lines on a map
- The key players : diggers, drillers, and dealers
- Food and water : where the rivers run
- "Going out" for energy : China and India stake their claims
- Old coal still burning brightly
- Going nuclear in a post-Fukushima world
- New energy
- clean, green, and expensive
- Coppery red, the colour of earth's true love
- Finding steel's essential ingredients
- U.S. energy : hail to the shale
- Japan after the deluge
- BRACQK (Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Kazakhstan) is the new BRIC
- The up and comers : Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Mexico
- What happens next : a host of global opportunities
- Conclusion : a world so changed.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781118152881
- 1118152883
- OCLC:
- 768793523
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