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School Price: $79.95

Format:
Hardback 416 pp.
175 black and white photographs, 100 pieces of art, 8" x 9.75"

ISBN-10:
0195411366

ISBN-13:
9780195411362

Publication date:
September 1997

Imprint: OUP Canada

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Facing the Future

Global Issues in the 21st Century

Ron Chasmer
Pamela Perry-Globa

This visually attractive, in-depth resource for world issues study explores the important global issues - cultural, resource, economic, environmental, or political - that face us today and in the years to come. With information gathered from a variety of regions around the world and presented in a concise, easy-to-follow style, this title is an interesting and educational read. Extensive graphs, charts, maps, and illustrations help students understand key concepts outlined in the text and activities sections encourage them to apply knowledge and make informed decisions about world issues.

Readership : G12 students enrolled in Canadian World Issues/Environment/Geography courses.

Part 1: Geographic Approaches to World Issues
1. Studying Issues
2. Statistical Models and Geography
3. Diversity and Disparity
4. The Inquiry Model
Part 2: Cultural Issues
5. Identifying Cultural Issues
6. Overpopulation: A Cultural Issue
7. Theories of Population Growth
8. Solutions to Overpopulation
9. Overpopulation and Foreign Aid
Part 3: Resource Issues: Food
10. Concepts in Resource Management
11. Food, Starvation, and Hunger
12. Global Systems at Work: Political and Economic Realities
13. Solving the Problems of Famine and Hunter
Part 4: Economic Issues: Industrial Development
14. Basic Concepts in Economic Geography
15. Industrial Development: Defining the Issue
16. Industrializaiton: Patterns of Geography
17. Industrialization in the Developing World
Part 5: Environmental Issues: Earth, Air, and Water
18. Our Changing Earth
19. Our Changing Atmosphere
20. The Waters of the World
21. Solving Environmental Issues: Earth, Air, and Water
Part 6: Geopolitical Issues: Global Conflict
22. Concepts in Geopolitics
23. Global Conflict: Defining the Issue
24. Global Conflict: Solving the Issue Facing the Future
Appendices
Glossary
Index

Companion Site
Teacher's Resource Book

Ron Chasmer is with the York Region Board of Education. Pamela Perry-Globa is a well known Alberta educator. She is also the author of the Teacher's Resource for Facing the Future and a co-author of Twentieth Century Viewpoints, 2e.

Active Citizen - Angelo Bolotta, Marc Keirstead, Jill Colyer, Cathy Costello and Shane Pisani
Global Connections - Barry Corbin, John Trites and James Taylor
Transitions in Society - Colin M. Bain, Jill S. Colyer, Dennis Des Rivieres and Sean Dolan

Special Features

  • Topics covered include population, resource use and depletion, geopolitics, North-South relations, sustainable growth, and more
  • Numerous illustrations, graphs, and charts throughout the text
  • Case studies that are designed to stimulate discussion and development of higher-level thinking skills
  • Thorough and up-to-date statistics are provided
  • Emphasis on skills development and geographic methodology
  • STATLABS help students use and interpret statistics
  • Controlled reading level and accessible treatment of topics
  • Key terms are highlighted and defined in glossary