Migration in the 21st Century: How Will Globalization and Climate Change Affect Migration and Settlement?

by Paul Challen

Book Overview

With fossil fuels and water running out, and temperatures and sea levels rising due to climate change, whole communities will need to move and resettle. How will human migrations on this scale be managed in our modern world? This foreward-looking book explores these important issues as well as the solutions being put forward by politicians, experts, NGOs, and private citizens. Themes explored include: globalization - the drive to take down trade barriers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778751813
• ISBN13: 9780778751816
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9