Earth wars [electronic resource] : the battle for global resources / Geoff Hiscock.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons Singapore, 2012.Description: xviii, 286 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 333.7 23
LOC classification:
  • HC85 .H57 2012eb
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Contents:
The four essentials : food, water, energy, metals -- Geographical flashpoints : the trouble with lines on a map -- The key players : diggers, drillers, and dealers -- Food and water : where the rivers run -- "Going out" for energy : China and India stake their claims -- Old coal still burning brightly -- Going nuclear in a post-Fukushima world -- New energy--clean, green, and expensive -- Coppery red, the colour of earth's true love -- Finding steel's essential ingredients -- U.S. energy : hail to the shale -- Japan after the deluge -- BRACQK (Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Kazakhstan) is the new BRIC -- The up and comers : Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Mexico -- What happens next : a host of global opportunities -- Conclusion : a world so changed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The four essentials : food, water, energy, metals -- Geographical flashpoints : the trouble with lines on a map -- The key players : diggers, drillers, and dealers -- Food and water : where the rivers run -- "Going out" for energy : China and India stake their claims -- Old coal still burning brightly -- Going nuclear in a post-Fukushima world -- New energy--clean, green, and expensive -- Coppery red, the colour of earth's true love -- Finding steel's essential ingredients -- U.S. energy : hail to the shale -- Japan after the deluge -- BRACQK (Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Kazakhstan) is the new BRIC -- The up and comers : Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Mexico -- What happens next : a host of global opportunities -- Conclusion : a world so changed.

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