Book by de Blij H J
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The author uses an easy-to-understand style and engaging personal anecdotes to help readers grasp a wide range of topics--from erupting volcanoes to the population explosion and expanding cities. Far more than a collection of random geographical trivia, this book pulls all the facts together to explore what they really mean and to illuminate the dynamic potential, trends and challenges of our changing physical world. Combines anecdotes, visuals and diagrams to illustrate often complex geographical concepts. Also includes 30 maps pinpointing key locations.
Harm de Blijs Geography Book In a myriad of stunning ways, the Earth is changing every hour of every day. Populations mushroom in megacities from Mexico City to Calcutta. A "blizzard of the century" is preceded by a hundred-year storm and followed by the worst flooding on record. Satellite data and computer cartography track significant shifts in ocean currents. What is the common denominator of all this change? What throws the most light on its meaning? This book answers both questions with one word: geography. Harm de Blij, one of the worlds leading geographers, offers a unique, wide-angle look at our remarkable world from geographys grand perspective. The result is a blend of powerful ideas, delightful insight, and precise information that can be the keys to coping with it all. Known to millions as the geography editor of Good Morning America, Dr. de Blij first takes us on a personal exploration of the world of maps, landscape, weather, cities, capitals, and boundaries, offering hundreds of facts and penetrating interpretations of the worlds most intriguing phenomena along the way. He then spans the globe, exploring the meaning of Russias failing federation, the forces underlying China and Japans coming challenge, Europes tenuous union, and the emerging new world order. His provocative observations and incisive analyses are must reading for anyone concerned about the future of our planet. Richly informative, warmly anecdotal, effectively enhanced by eye-opening maps, charts, and appendices of essential world facts and figures, Harm de Blijs Geography Book is a resounding argument for the importance of geography and an irresistible antidote to geographic illiteracy.
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