Mabogunje, Akin L. - The State of the Earth : Contemporary Geographic Perspectives

Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, (1997). orig.boards. 25x16cm, xv,428 pp, Series: Contemporary Social Sciences, Volume 2.. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Fundamentals: Space, Time & the Human Being; Geographical Theories; Geographical Methodology & the Information Revolution; Environment & Society: The Human Transformation of the Earth's Surface; Climatic Change & the Future of the Human Environment; Societal Responses to Environmental Hazard; Spatial Structures & Societal Processes: Market Forces, Cultural Factors & Locational Processes; Mode of Production & Spatial Differentiation; Transportation, Trade, Tourism & the World Economic System; Spatial Financial Flows & Future Global Geography; Spatial Organization & the Globalization Process: Exploration, Mapping & the Modernization of State Power; Transnational Corporations & the Nation- State; Geography in the Age of Meta-Cities; Epilogue.