02063nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10630614 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120719s2012 si ab sb 001 0 eng d 2012406251 1118152883 9781118152881 9781118152911 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)796743957 HC85 .H57 2012eb 333.7 23 Hiscock, Geoff. Earth wars [electronic resource] : the battle for global resources / Geoff Hiscock. Singapore ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons Singapore, 2012. xviii, 286 p. : ill., maps. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Natural resources Political aspects. Energy development Political aspects. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10630614 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 71641 71641