Publisher's Synopsis
Global Issues of Our Time is an international collection of case studies examining geographical issues of current and future interest. The editor, Australian geographer Dr John Lidstone, has brought together leading geographers from around the world to create a truly international textbook. The chapters examine positive solutions to the particular issues experienced by individual countries including urbanisation, acid rain, industrial pollution, global warming and the greenhouse effect. The case studies will be of interest to senior secondary schools students of geography around the world.