deas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics
Geography gives shape to our innate curiosity; cartography is older than
writing. Channelling our twin urges to explore and understand,
geographers uncover the hidden connections of human existence, from
infant mortality in inner cities to the decision-makers who fly overhead
in executive jets, from natural disasters to over-use of fossil fuels.
In this incisive introduction to the subject, Danny Dorling and Carl Lee
reveal geography as a science which tackles all of the biggest issues
that face us today, from globalisation to equality, from sustainability
to population growth, from climate change to changing technology - and
the complex interactions between them all.
Illustrated by a series of award-winning maps created by Benjamin D.
Hennig, this is a book for anyone who wants to know more about why our
world is the way it is today, and where it might be heading next.