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Author:   Jim Norwine
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   6.496kg
ISBN:  

9789401777995

ISBN 10:   9401777993
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Imagining the Unimaginable by Jim Norwine.- Section A Setting the Stage: Chapter 2 Estrangement: A Beginner’s Guide to the Strangeness of the World by      Jonathan M. Smith.- Chapter 3 Global Climate Change by Gerald R. North.- Chapter 4 An Evolving Worldview: Culture-shift in University Students by Michael Bruner, John Davenport, and Jim Norwine: Section B Imagining a World: General Impacts and Implications: Chapter 5 Field Notes from the Future: Environmental Conditions at Four Locali- ties in 2100 by Michael Jennings.- Chapter 6 Getting from Here to There: Policy Pathways to Address Human                 Mobility in the Context of Climate Change by Koko Warner.- Chapter 7 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thoughts on Possible Outcomes by John Davenport: Section C Imagining a World: Specific Regional Impacts and Implications: Chapter 8 Europe 2050-2100: Imagining New Lifeways/Lifestyles by Anke Uhlenwinkel and Niem Huynh.- Chapter 9 The Projected Death of the Fertile Crescent by Pinhas Alpert, Fengjun Jin, and Akio Kitoh.- Chapter 10 The Future of the Middle East by Yilmaz Ari, Ilhan Kaya, and Hakki Yazici.- Chapter 11 Imagined Lifeways in North America ca. 2100 by Mark Bjelland, Michael Bruner, and John Davenport.- Chapter 12  Climate Change and Its Impact on Cultural Shifts in East and Southeast Asia by Niem Huynh, Wen Lin, L. Renee Ness, Darlene Occena-Gutierrez, and Duy Xuân Trần: Section D Inhabiting an Imagined World: Better or Worse? Four Interpretations.- Chapter 13 The Postmodern Environment by Gladden J. Pappin.- Chapter 14 Blissful Devolution: Our Rolling Judgment Day by David J. Nemeth.- Chapter 15 The Guilt of Hollow Men: Global Warming as Postmodern Apocalypse by Jonathan M. Smith.- Chapter 16 Colliding with Reality: Liquid Modernity and the Environment by Arran Gare.- Chapter 17 Epilogue: The End of the Artic as We Know It by Robert Harriss.- Index.     

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This book was nominated for the American Association of Geographers Meridian Award by Dick Marston, past president of the organization, so it has instant authority and is worthy of widespread attention. ... The book offers a diverse array of views, opinions, and predictions of what the future will be like as climates continue to change and cultures continue to shift. (Kent M. McGregor, The AAG Review of Books, Vol. 4 (2), 2016) This book gives readers a speculative but extensively referenced picture of what the Earth and its human populations may be like 100 years from now. ... About half the book deals with physical descriptions, maps, and graphic data on global regions ... . Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students/faculty. (F. T. Manheim, Choice, Vol. 51 (9), May, 2014)

This book was nominated for the American Association of Geographers Meridian Award by Dick Marston, past president of the organization, so it has instant authority and is worthy of widespread attention. ... The book offers a diverse array of views, opinions, and predictions of what the future will be like as climates continue to change and cultures continue to shift. (Kent M. McGregor, The AAG Review of Books, Vol. 4 (2), 2016) This book gives readers a speculative but extensively referenced picture of what the Earth and its human populations may be like 100 years from now. ... About half the book deals with physical descriptions, maps, and graphic data on global regions ... . Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students/faculty. (F. T. Manheim, Choice, Vol. 51 (9), May, 2014)

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