World problems : a topic geography /

Long, M.

World problems : a topic geography / M. Long, B. S. Roberson. - London : Hodder and Stoughton, c1981. - vii, 216 p. : ill. ; 17 cm X 22 cm. - Secondary school series .

Contents;

1. Problems of nature
Weather
Soil conservation
Pests and diseases
etc.

2. Problems of water
Water supply
Drainage
Irrigation
etc.

3. Problems of farming
Farming in temperate lands
Farming in tropical lands
Plantations

4. Problems of industry
Industry and the landscape
Power supplies
Raw materials
etc.

5. Problems of towns
Houses, hamlets and villages
Towns
A world view

6. Problems of transport
Roads
Railways
Water transport
etc.

7. Problems of population
World population
Overpopulation and underdevelopment
Migration
etc.

8. Problems of regions
Equatorial forests
Savanna lands
Monsoon lands
etc.




Index : p. 211-216.

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