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The world cities are booming, wild species are vanishing, and our environment is degrading. What kind of world are we leaving for our children and grandchildren? Just who will flourish and who will fail in our evolving world?
Combining the lessons of geography and history with state-of-the-art model projections and data, professor and Guggenheim fellow Laurence C.Smith shows how the eight nations of the Artic Rim( including the United States) will become increasingly powerful while the nations around the equator struggle for survival. Rich in both scientific data and human stories., THe World in 2050 is as authoritative as it is controversial, projecting the looming benefits as well as the problems of climate change, developpement, resource demand, and globalization. |