The world in 2050 : four forces shaping civilization's northern future /

The world in 2050 : four forces shaping civilization's northern future /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith, Laurence C.
Imprint:	New York : Dutton, c2010.
Description:	322 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Global environmental change -- Forecasting. Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Forecasting. Twenty-first century -- Forecasts. Climatic changes -- Forecasting. Global environmental change -- Forecasting. Twenty-first century. Forecasts.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8142100

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Varying Form of Title:	World in two thousand fifty World in twenty-fifty
ISBN:	9780525951810 (hardcover) 0525951814 (hardcover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-307) and index.
Summary:	What kind of world are we leaving for our children and grandchildren? Geoscientist Laurence Smith draws on the latest global modeling research to construct a sweeping thought experiment on what our world will be like in 2050. The result is both good news and bad: Eight nations of the Arctic Rim (including the United States) will become increasingly prosperous, powerful, and politically stable, while those closer to the equator will face water shortages, aging populations, and crowded megacities sapped by the rising costs of energy and coastal flooding. Smith combines the lessons of geography and history with state-of-the-art model projections and analytical data--everything from climate dynamics and resource stocks to age distributions and economic growth projections. But Smith offers more than a compendium of statistics and studies--he spent fifteen months traveling the Arctic Rim, collecting stories and insights that resonate throughout the book.--From publisher description.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Flying into Fort McMurray
Chapter 1. Martell's Hairy Prize
Part 1. The Push
Chapter 2. A Tale of Teeming Cities
Chapter 3. Iron, Oil, and Wind
Chapter 4. California Browning, Shanghai Drowning
Part 2. The Pull
Chapter 5. Two Weddings and a Computer Model
Chapter 6. One if by Land, Two if by Sea
Chapter 7. The Third Wave
Chapter 8. Good-bye Harpoon, Hello Briefcase
Part 3. Alternate Endings
Chapter 9. The Pentagon Report
Chapter 10. The New North
Notes
Credits
Acknowledgments
Index