Earth wars : the battle for global resources /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hiscock, Geoff
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Singapore, 2012.
• Θέματα: Natural resources > Political aspects.; Energy development > Political aspects.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.; NATURE > Natural Resources.; Natural resources > International cooperation.; Power resources > International cooperation.; Global Resources Information Database.; Natural resources.; United Nations Environment Programme.; Electronic books.

"A fascinating insight into the global battle for our energy future. The global competition for scarce natural resources that pits the West against the super-hot economies of China and India, plus a clutch of other contenders including Russia, Brazil, and Indonesia, has become one of the bigges...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.