Atlas of global issues

著者

• World Bank

書誌事項

Atlas of global issues

Collins , The World Bank, 2007

• pbk.

タイトル別名

Collins atlas of global issues

注記

"A visual guide to the world's greatest challenges"--Cover

"Published for The World Bank by Colliins"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Published in association with the World Bank the Atlas of Global Development vividly illustrates the key development challenges facing the world today. Social, economic, and environmental issues that are facing the planet are presented by easy-to read, colourful world maps, tables, graphs, text and photographs. Drawing on data from the world bank's World Development Indicators, the book brings to life country comparisons of social indicators like life expectancy, infant mortality, safe water, population below the poverty line and energy efficiency, as well as basic economic indicators like income growth, income per person, private capital and aid flows. Issues that have been hitting the headlines such as Aids, population living below $1 a day, freshwater, trade are presented giving an unbiased view of the state of the world we live in. This title replaces the existing World Bank Atlas which has been published by the World Bank for the last 36 editions. Key topics include; / Population -- The world's growing population / Economy -- Many people are still poor / Trade -- reducing barriers to trade / Health -- Communicable diseases too little progress / Environment -- A thirsty planet gets thirstier

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB30995540
• ISBN:
  • 9780007243174
• LCCN: 2007534883
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Glasgow,Washington, D.C.
• ページ数/冊数: 144 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : G1046.E1
  • DC22 : 330.90021
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Economic indicators -- Maps
  • LCSH : Social indicators -- Maps
  • LCSH : Environmental indicators -- Maps