Student atlas of world politics.
- 10th ed. / John L. Allen, Christopher J. Sutton.
, Scales differ.
- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, 2013.
- 1 atlas (xv, 216 p.) : col. maps ; 28 cm.
Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints and soundings.
Unit V. Food and energy : The value of agriculture -- Average daily per capita supply of calories (kilocalories) -- Food supply from marine and freshwater systems -- Cropland per capita: changes, 1996-2007 -- World pastureland, 2005 -- Fertilizer use, 2007 -- Energy production per capita -- Energy consumption per capita -- Energy dependency -- Flows of oil ; Unit VI. Environmental conditions : Deforestation and desertification -- Forest loss and gain, 1990-2010 -- Soil degradation -- Global air pollution and wind currents -- The acid deposition problem: air, water, soil -- Pollution of the oceans -- Water resources: availability of renewable water per capita -- Water resources: annual water withdrawal per capita -- Water stress: shortage, abundance, and population density -- Carbon dioxide emissions -- Potential global temperature change -- The loss of biodiversity: globally threatened animal species -- The loss of biodiversity: globally threatened plant species -- Global hotspots of biodiversity -- Degree of human disturbance -- The green and not-so-green world ; Unit VII. Regions of the world : North America: physical features -- North America: political divisions -- North America: land use -- South America: physical features -- South America: political divisions -- South America: land use -- Europe: physical features -- Europe: political divisions -- Europe: land use -- Asia: physical features -- Asia: political divisions -- Asia: land use -- Africa: physical features -- Africa: political divisions -- Africa: land use -- Australia and Oceania: physical features -- Australia and Oceania: political divisions -- Australia and Oceania: land use -- The Arctic -- Antarctica ; Unit VIII. Country and dependency profiles ; Unit IX. Geographic Index.
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World politics--1989---Maps. Geopolitics--Maps. Military geography--Maps.