Smith, Laurence C.

The world in 2050 : four forces shaping civilization's northern future / World in two thousand fifty World in twenty-fifty Laurence C. Smith. - New York : Dutton, c2010. - 322 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Flying into Fort McMurray (Page-1),Martell's hairy prize (Page-3),Part-I : The push, A tale of teeming cities (Page-26),Iron, oil, and wind (Page-51), California browning, Shanghai drowning (Page-82),Part-II :The pull, Two weddings and a computer model (Page-123),One if by land, two if by sea (Page-144),The third wave (Page-171),Good-bye harpoon, hello briefcase (Page-201),Part-III : Alternate endings,The Pentagon report (Page-223),The new north (Page-248).

978-0-452-29747-0 (hc) 0525951814 (hc)

2010029553


Global environmental change--Forecasting.
Climatic changes--Forecasting.
Twenty-first century--Forecasts.

GE149 / .S622 2010

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