John L. Allen, Christopher J. Sutton

Student Atlas of World Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

The Student Atlas series combiness full-color maps and data sets to introduce students to the importance of the connections between geography and other areas of study such as world politics, environmental issues, and economic development. These thematic atlases will give students a clear picture of the recent agricultural, industrial, demographic, environmental, economic, and political changes in every world region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 213mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780078026201
• ISBN-10: 0078026202
• Artikelnr.: 34156717

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Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: How to Read an Atlas
Unit I: The Contemporary World
Map 1: World Political Boundaries
Map 2: World Physical Features
Map 3: World Climate Regions
Map 4: Vegetation Types
Map 5: Soil Orders
Map 6: World Topography
Map 7: Plate Tectonics
Map 8: World Ecological Regions
Map 9: World Natural Hazards
Map 10: Land Use Patterns of the World
Map 11: Urbanization
Map 12: Transportation Patterns
Map 13: World Population Density
Map 14: World Religions
Map 15: World Languages
Map 16: World Migrations in Modern Times
Unit II: States: The Geography of Politics and Political Systems
Map 17: Political Boundary Types
Map 18: Political Systems
Map 19: The Emergence of the State
Map 20: Organized States and Chiefdoms, A.D. 1500
Map 21: European Colonialism, 1500-2000
Map 22: Federal and Unitary States
Map 23: Sovereign States: Duration of Independence
Map 24: The United Nations
Map 25: United Nations Regions and Sub-Regions
Map 26: Is It a Country?
Map 27: Political Realms: Regional Changes, 1945-2003
Map 28: European Boundaries, 1914-1949 35
Map 29: An Age of Bipolarity: The Cold War ca. 1970
Map 30: Europe: Political Changes, 1989-2012
Map 31: The European Union, 2011
Map 32: The Geopolitical World at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
Map 33: Democracy on the Rise
Map 34: The Middle East: Territorial Changes, 1918-Present
Map 35: Africa: Colonialism to Independence
Map 36: South Africa: Black Homelands and Post-Apartheid Provinces
Map 37: Asia: Colonialism to Independence, 1930-2007
Map 38: Global Distribution of Minority Groups
Map 39: Linguistic Diversity
Map 40: International Conflicts in the Post-World War II World
Map 41: World Refugees: Country of Origin
Map 42: World Refugees: Host Country
Map 43: Internally Displaced Persons
Map 44: Post-Cold War International Alliances
Map 45: The Political Geography of a Global Religion: The Islamic World
Map 46: Countries with Nuclear Weapons
Map 47: Size of Armed Forces
Map 48: Military Expenditures as a Percentage of Gross National Product
Map 49: Abuse of Public Trust
Map 50: The Perception of Corruption
Map 51: Political and Civil Liberties
Map 52: Human Rights Abuse
Map 53: Women's Rights
Map 54: Capital Punishment
Map 55: Human Trafficking
Map 56a: Flashpoints 2012: Mexico
Map 56b: Flashpoints 2012: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Map 56c: Flashpoints 2012: Zimbabwe
Map 56d: Flashpoints 2012: Sudan and the Darfur Region
Map 56e: Flashpoints 2012: Somalia
Map 56f: Flashpoints 2012: Uprisings of North Africa and Southwest Asia
Map 56g: Flashpoints 2012: Côte d'Ivoire
Map 56h: Flashpoints 2012: Israel and Its Neighbors
Map 56i: Flashpoints 2012: Iraq
Map 56j: Flashpoints 2012: Kurdistan
Map 56k: Flashpoints 2012: Iran
Map 56l: Flashpoints 2012: Afghanistan
Map 56m: Flashpoints 2012: Pakistan
Map 56n: Flashpoints 2012: Kashmir Region
Map 56o: Flashpoints 2012: Kyrgyzstan
Map 56p: Flashpoints 2012: Korean Peninsula
Unit III: Population, Health, and Human Development
Map 57: Population Growth Rates
Map 58: International Migrant Populations
Map 59: Migration Rates
Map 60: Infant Mortality Rates
Map 61: Child Mortality Rates
Map 62: Average Life Expectancy at Birth
Map 63: Population by Age Group
Map 64: The Global Security Threat of Infectious Diseases
Map 65: Global Scourges: Major Infectious Diseases
Map 66: Adult Incidence of HIV/AIDS
Map 67: Undernourished Populations
Map 68: Child Malnutrition
Map 69: Illiteracy Rates
Map 70: Primary School Education
Map 71: The Gender Gap: Inequalities in Education and Employment
Map 72: The Index of Human Development
Map 73: Demographic Stress: The Youth Bulge
Map 74: Demographic Stress: Rapid Urban Growth
Map 75: Demographic Stress: Competition for Cropland
Map 76: Demographic Stress: Competition for Fresh Water
Map 77: Demographic Stress: Death in the Prime of Life
Map 78: Demographic Stress: Interactions of Demographic Stress Factors
Unit IV: The Global Economy
Map 79: Membership in the World Trade Organization
Map 80: Regional Trade Organizations
Map 81: Relative Wealth of Nations: Purchasing Power Parity
Map 82: Inequality of Income and Consumption
Map 83: The World's Poorest
Map 84: Total Labor Force
Map 85: Employment by Economic Activity
Map 86: Economic Output by Sector
Map 87: The Indebtedness of States
Map 88: Global Flows of Investment Capital
Map 89: Remittances as a Percentage of GDP
Map 90: Inflation Rates
Map 91: Dependence on Trade
Map 92: Trade with Neighboring Countries
Map 93: The Cost of Consumption, 2010
Map 94: A Wired World: Internet Users
Map 95: The Rise of the Personal Computer
Map 96: Traditional Links: The Telephone
Unit V: Food and Energy
Map 97: The Value of Agriculture
Map 98: Average Daily Per Capita Supply of Calories (Kilocalories)
Map 99: Food Supply from Marine and Freshwater Systems
Map 100: Cropland Per Capita: Changes, 1996-2007
Map 101: World Pastureland, 2005
Map 102: Fertilizer Use, 2007
Map 103: Energy Production Per Capita
Map 104: Energy Consumption Per Capita
Map 105: Energy Dependency
Map 106: Flows of Oil
Unit VI: Environmental Conditions
Map 107: Deforestation and Desertification
Map 108: Forest Loss and Gain, 1990-2010
Map 109: Soil Degradation
Map 110: Global Air Pollution and Wind Currents
Map 111: The Acid Deposition Problem: Air, Water, Soil
Map 112: Pollution of the Oceans
Map 113: Water Resources: Availability of Renewable Water Per Capita
Map 114: Water Resources: Annual Water Withdrawal Per Capita
Map 115: Water Stress: Shortage, Abundance, and Population Density
Map 116: Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Map 117: Potential Global Temperature Change
Map 118: The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Animal Species
Map 119: The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Plant Species
Map 120: Global Hotspots of Biodiversity
Map 121: Degree of Human Disturbance
Map 122: The Green and Not-So-Green World
Unit VII: Regions of the World
Map 123: North America: Physical Features
Map 124: North America: Political Divisions
Map 125: North America: Land Use
Map 126: South America: Physical Features
Map 127: South America: Political Divisions
Map 128: South America: Land Use
Map 129: Europe: Physical Features
Map 130: Europe: Political Divisions
Map 131: Europe: Land Use
Map 132: Asia: Physical Features
Map 133: Asia: Political Divisions
Map 134: Asia: Land Use
Map 135: Africa: Physical Features
Map 136: Africa: Political Divisions
Map 137: Africa: Land Use
Map 138: Australia and Oceania: Physical Features
Map 139: Australia and Oceania: Political Divisions
Map 140: Australia and Oceania: Land Use
Map 141: The Arctic
Map 142: Antarctica
Unit VIII: Country and Dependency Profiles
Unit IX: Geographic Index
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