Geography in the 21st Century

Defining Moments That Shaped Society [2 Volumes]
Herausgeber: Funke, Jayson J; McCauley, Stephen M; Chatterjee, Ipsita; Ahmed, Waquar

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These 40 chronologically arranged entries examine the key events that have most profoundly shaped global society in the opening decades of the 21st Century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 800
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 25mm x 25mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781440873249
• ISBN-10: 1440873240
• Artikelnr.: 70338165

Autorenporträt

Jayson J. Funke teaches geography at Western Connecticut State University, USA. Waquar Ahmed is Associate Professor of geography at the University of North Texas, USA. Ipsita Chatterjee is Associate Professor at the University of North Texas, USA. Stephen M. McCauley is Associate Professor of Teaching at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface/Acknowledgements
Introduction
Defining Moments World Map
Chapter 1: Second Intifada (2000-2005)
Chapter 2: Democracy Movement in Nepal (2001-2006)
Chapter 3: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, United States of America (2001)
Chapter 4: United States' War on Terrorism: Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003)
Chapter 5: Establishment of the African Union (2002)
Chapter 6: Rise of Social Media (2004)
Chapter 7: Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami (2004)
Chapter 8: Hurricane Katrina, United States of America (2005)
Chapter 9: Kashmir Earthquake of 2005
Chapter 10: Financial Crises and Economic Recession in the United States of
America (2007-2009)
Chapter 11: International Financial Crisis and Economic Recession
(2007-2010)
Chapter 12: Global Food Crisis (2007-2008)
Chapter 13: Saffron Revolution in Mynmar (2007)
Chapter 14: End of Sri Lanka Civil War (2009)
Chapter 15: Earthquake in Haiti (2010)
Chapter 16: Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
(2010)
Chapter 17: Collapse of the San José Mine, Chile, and the Rescue of 33
Miners (2010)
Chapter 18: Arab Spring Movements (2010-2011)
Chapter 19: Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Disaster, Japan (2011)
Chapter 20: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile River (2011)
Chapter 21: Conflict in Kashmir (2013)
Chapter 22: Pope Francis Elected to Head Roman Catholic Church (2013)
Chapter 23: Rana Plaza Industrial Disaster, Bangladesh (2013)
Chapter 24: China's Belt and Road Initiative (2013-)
Chapter 25: Ebola Outbreak, West Africa (2013-2016)
Chapter 26: Chibok Kidnappings, Nigeria (2014)
Chapter 27: Flint, Michigan Water Crisis, United States of America (2014)
Chapter 28: War in Yemen (2014-)
Chapter 29: Degradation of the Great Barrier Reef (2016)
Chapter 30: Brexit, Great Britain (2016-)
Chapter 31: Attempted Coup d'etats in Türkiye and Subsequent Political
Purges (2016-2018)
Chapter 32: Presidential Election in the United States of America (2016)
Chapter 33: Standing Rock Indian Reservation Protests (Dakota Access
Pipeline) (2016)
Chapter 34: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, United States of America
and the Caribbean (2017)
Chapter 35: Rohingya Conflict, Myanmar (2017)
Chapter 36: California Wildfires (2017-2018)
Chapter 37: Mexico Border Crisis, United States of America (2018-2019)
Chapter 38: Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2023)
Chapter 39: Ukraine Crisis (2022-)
Chapter 40: Floods in Pakistan (2022)
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index