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Student atlas of world politics.
LIBRA G1046.F1 A4 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Map/Atlas
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, John Logan, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--1989---Maps.
- World politics.
- Geopolitics--Maps.
- Geopolitics.
- Military geography--Maps.
- Military geography.
- Genre:
- Maps.
- Atlases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 atlas (xv, 216 pages) : color maps ; 28 cm
- Scales differ.
- Edition:
- Tenth edition / John L. Allen, Christopher J. Sutton.
- Cartographic Data:
- Scales differ.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, [2013]
- Contents:
- Unit I. The contemporary world : World political boundaries
- World physical features
- World climate regions
- Vegetation types
- Soil orders
- World topography
- Plate tectonics
- World ecological regions
- World natural hazards
- Land use patterns of the world
- Urbanization
- Transportation patterns
- World population density
- World religions
- World languages
- World migrations in modern times ; Unit II. States: The geography of politics and political systems : Political boundary types
- Political systems
- The emergence of the state
- Organized states and chiefdoms, A.D. 1500
- European colonialism, 1500-2000
- Federal and unitary states
- Sovereign states: duration of independence
- The United Nations
- United Nations regions and sub-regions
- Is it a country?
- Political realms: regional changes, 1945-2003
- European boundaries, 1914-1949
- An age of bipolarity: the Cold War ca. 1970
- Europe: political changes, 1989-2012
- The European Union, 2011
- The geopolitical world at the beginning of the twenty-first century
- Democracy on the rise
- The Middle East: territorial changes, 1918-present
- Africa: colonialism to independence
- South Africa: black homelands and post-apartheid provinces
- Asia: colonialism to independence, 1930-2007
- Global distribution of minority groups
- Linguistic diversity
- International conflicts in the post-World War II world
- World refugees: country of origin
- World refugees: host country
- Internally displaced persons
- Post-Cold War international alliances
- The political geography of a global religion: the Islamic world
- Countries with nuclear weapons
- Size of armed forces
- Military expenditures as a percentage of gross national product
- Abuse of public trust
- The perception of corruption
- Political and civil liberties
- Human rights abuse
- Women's rights
- Capital punishment
- Human trafficking
- Mexico
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Zimbabwe
- Sudan and the Darfur Region
- Somalia
- Uprisings of North Africa and Southwest Asia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Israel and its neighbors
- Iraq
- Kurdistan
- Iran
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Kashmir region
- Kyrgyzstan
- Korean Peninsula ; Unit III. Population, health, and human development : Population growth rates
- International migrant populations
- Migration rates
- Infant mortality rates
- Child mortality rates
- Average life expectancy at birth
- Population by age group
- The global security threat of infectious diseases
- Global scourges: major infectious diseases
- Adult incidence of HIV/AIDS
- Undernourished populations
- Child malnutrition
- Illiteracy rates
- Primary school education
- The gender gap: inequalities in education and employment
- The index of human development
- Demographic stress: the youth bulge
- Demographic stress: rapid urban growth
- Demographic stress: competition for cropland
- Demographic stress: competition for fresh water
- Demographic stress: death in the prime of life
- Demographic stress: interactions of demographic stress factors ; Unit IV. The global economy : Membership in the World Trade Organization
- Regional trade organizations
- Relative wealth of nations: purchasing power parity
- Inequality of income and consumption
- The world's poorest
- Total labor force
- Employment by economic activity
- Economic output by sector
- The indebtedness of states
- Global flows of investment capital
- Remittances as a percentage of GDP
- Inflation rates
- Dependence on trade
- Trade with neighboring countries
- The cost of consumption, 2010
- A wired world: Internet users
- The rise of the personal computer
- Traditional links: the telephone.
- Unit V. Food and energy : The value of agriculture
- Average daily per capita supply of calories (kilocalories)
- Food supply from marine and freshwater systems
- Cropland per capita: changes, 1996-2007
- World pastureland, 2005
- Fertilizer use, 2007
- Energy production per capita
- Energy consumption per capita
- Energy dependency
- Flows of oil ; Unit VI. Environmental conditions : Deforestation and desertification
- Forest loss and gain, 1990-2010
- Soil degradation
- Global air pollution and wind currents
- The acid deposition problem: air, water, soil
- Pollution of the oceans
- Water resources: availability of renewable water per capita
- Water resources: annual water withdrawal per capita
- Water stress: shortage, abundance, and population density
- Carbon dioxide emissions
- Potential global temperature change
- The loss of biodiversity: globally threatened animal species
- The loss of biodiversity: globally threatened plant species
- Global hotspots of biodiversity
- Degree of human disturbance
- The green and not-so-green world ; Unit VII. Regions of the world : North America: physical features
- North America: political divisions
- North America: land use
- South America: physical features
- South America: political divisions
- South America: land use
- Europe: physical features
- Europe: political divisions
- Europe: land use
- Asia: physical features
- Asia: political divisions
- Asia: land use
- Africa: physical features
- Africa: political divisions
- Africa: land use
- Australia and Oceania: physical features
- Australia and Oceania: political divisions
- Australia and Oceania: land use
- The Arctic
- Antarctica ; Unit VIII. Country and dependency profiles ; Unit IX. Geographic Index.
- Notes:
- Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints and soundings.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780078026201
- 0078026202
- OCLC:
- 793737840
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