the battle for global resources Hiscock, Geoff. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. si Singapore Hoboken, N.J John Wiley & Sons Singapore 2012 monographic eng

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xviii, 286 p. : ill., maps. 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. Geoff Hiscock. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 HC85 .H57 2012eb 333.7 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10630614 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10630614 CaPaEBR 120719 ebr10630614