Author: Rand McNally and CompanyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780528835551
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Rand McNally Atlas of the World
Author: Rand McNally and CompanyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780528835551
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
The State of the World Atlas
Author: Dan SmithPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525506721
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
The State of the World Atlas is an accessible, unique visual survey of current events and global trends, highlighting the international scope and complexity of many challenges facing the humanity today. With a bold new design, this distinctive atlas presents the latest statistics on international trade and migration, the globalization of work, aging and new health risks (up to and including the COVID-19 pandemic), food and water, energy resources and consumption, literacy, gender equality, wars and peacekeeping, and more. And for the newest edition, special attention has been brought to the way that all of these issues are affected by the ongoing climate crisis. Fascinating, troubling, and surprising, this is an important resource for anyone who seeks to better understand the world around them.
The State of the World Atlas
Author: Dan SmithPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134038666
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Over 50 full-colour world maps and graphics break down hardcore statistics to provide a compelling analysis of all the political, social, economic and ecological nightmares that keep us awake at night. The world's car population has grown five times as fast as the human population over the last 50 years. Wal-Mart's sales revenue exceeds the GDP of 150 countries. Climate change may put 2.7 billion at risk of armed conflict. Germany generates more tourists than anywhere else. Americans use 160 times more water than people in Rwanda. If you want to get behind the headlines and understand the world - from urbanization to globalization, terrorism to tourism, military spending to human rights - The State of the World Atlas is unmatched.
Atlas of World Geography
Author: Rand McNally and CompanyPublisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 9780139593390
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The State of the World Atlas
Author: Michael KidronPublisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This widely acclaimed atlas provides a unique view of current affairs by translating key political, economic, and social indicators into 50 full-color maps and graphics. From world trade to personal wealth, from AIDS to arms, it reveals international trends and differences in an easily understandable form.
Concise Atlas of the World
Author: Oxford University PressPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195211719
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The newest concise atlas, conveniently sized and remarkably affordable, is the same exceptional map quality as seen in Oxford's larger Atlas of the World. This second edition features hundreds of changes in boundaries and place names, with full-color maps of every corner of the globe. A 48-page U.S. map section, world statistics and survey data, and more are also included.
Know Geography World Atlas Grades 4-9
Author: Rand McNallyPublisher: Rand McNally
ISBN: 9780528018954
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Featuring 15 current physical, political and thematic maps; packed with photos, charts, infographics. Includes Handbook of Map Skills and glossary of atlas terms.
The Penguin State of the World Atlas
Author: Dan SmithPublisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The completely up-to-date edition of this invaluable classic reference allows the reader a global overview of the elements that define the opening of the twenty-first century. * The World at War * The Rise of Globalization * Control of the Seas * Control of Space * Superpowers * Population Growth * Urbanization * Traffic * Energy Use * Global Warming * Biodiversity * Stock Markets * Human Rights * Children's Rights * The Internet and Digital Media * Investment * Health and Disease Using a mainly visual analysis of data in full-color maps and graphics, Dan Smith gives shape and meaning to the statistics.
Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries
Author: Daniel PaulyPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610917693
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries is the first and only book to provide accurate, country-by-country fishery catch data. This groundbreaking information has been gathered from independent sources by the world's foremost fisheries experts. Edited by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller of the Sea Around Us Project, the Atlas includes one-page reports on 273 countries and their territories, plus fourteen topical global chapters. Each national report describes the current state of the country's fishery; the policies, politics, and social factors affecting it; and potential solutions. The global chapters address cross-cutting issues, from the economics of fisheries to the impacts of mariculture. Extensive maps and graphics offer attractive and accessible visual representations.
National Geographic Student World Atlas, 5th Edition
Author: National Geographic KidsPublisher: Atlas
ISBN: 142633480X
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Examines the Earth's geologic history, climate, vegetation, population, food, economies, and mineral resources, and offers physical, political, and subject maps of each continent.