The Visual World Atlas

Qa International Collectif

Description

An overview of the state of the world for understanding global issues
Inside you will find:
• more than 110 thematic maps,
• more than 50 fact tables from world renown organizations,
• more than 130 photographs,
• a glossary and detailed indexes,
• rich encyclopedic content, reviewed by experts.

Informations

• Publié par: Québec Amérique
• Date de parution: 14 novembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9782764408896
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 33 Mo

Extrait

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E A R T H : A N I N H A B I T E D P L A N E T
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THE VISUAL
WORLD ATLAS
[ F A C T S A N D M A P S O F T H E C U R R E N T W O R L D ] THE VISUAL
A n ov e r v i e w o f t h e s t a t e o f t h e w o r l d
f o r u n d e r s t a n d i n g g l o b a l i s s u e s
Designed for the whole family, The Visual World Atlas covers hundreds of subjects that touch on different
aspects of life on Earth with clarity and precision (geology, environment, politics, demography, economy, etc.) WORLD ATLAS
Presenting thousands of statistical facts on the world’s 193 countries, this thematic atlas features accessible
text linked to visual content of exceptional quality. Unique to its genre, for school as well as home, The Visual
[ F A C T S A N D M A P S O F T H E C U R R E N T W O R L D ]World Atlas is essential reading for discovering and understanding the world in all its diversity.
Inside you will fnd:
• more than 110 thematic maps,
• more than 50 fact tables from world-renown organizations,
• more than 130 photographs,
• a glossary and detailed indexes,
• rich encyclopedic content, reviewed by experts.
DENMARK LITHUANIA
RUSSIA
Québec (2)
106 : UNITED INEQUALITIES : 107 Enlargements provide a detailed view
IRELAND Hamburg (9) INEQUALITIES Ottawa (1) Montréal (4) KINGDOM NETHERLANDS Berlin (3) POLAND
Dublin (2) GERMANY
Racine (4) Toronto (6) Warsaw (1)
London (19) BELGIUM
Kalamazoo (3) Boston (9) Bad Homburg (3)
Heidelberg (3)Despite economists’ forecasts that globalization of the economy Detroit (6) LUXEMBOURG
CZECH REP. UKRAINE
Cleveland (3) Stuttgart (4) SLOVAKIAwill benefi t the poorest the most, inequalities in the world Chicago (18) Paris (12) LIECHTENSTEIN of specifc regions in the world.
Zurich (4) Vienna (3)
New York (45) AUSTRIA
FRANCE Luzern (3) HUNGARYare getting worse in terms of health, nutrition, Philadelphia (3)
Geneva (3) ROMANIA
Charleston (3) Washington D.C. (6) CROATIA
SWITZERLAND Milano (3) BOSNIA AND education, housing, and other areas. Gross national SAN
MARINO HERZEGOVINA
GREENLAND (DK) ANDORRA ITALY SERBIA
product (GNP) per capita, a La Coruna (3) MONACO MONTENEGRO BULGARIA
MACEDONIA
SPAIN Rome (2)country’s main socioeconomic ALBANIA
VATICAN
Madrid (3) CITY
ICELAND development indicator, ranges
SWEDEN GREECE
NORWAY FINLAND
from about 100 in the Oslo (4)
Stockholm (5) ESTONIA
poorest countries to almost LATVIA RUSSIA
Magnitogorsk (1)
CANADA Moscow (24)60,000 in the wealthiest. Edmonton (1) Surgut (1)
Vancouver (1) UKRAINE
Dnipropetrovs'k (1) ese disparities are aggravated by the fact Seattle (7) KAZAKHSTAN
Donets'k (2)Clear captions make Minneapolis (6) MONGOLIAthat in the 1970s, the ird World became Saint John (1) Almaty (3)
UNITED STATES
Salt Lake City (3) Omaha (3) Istanbul (7) GEORGIA UZBEKISTAN
KYRGYZSTANheavily indebted in order to fi nance its San Francisco (23) Denver (5) ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN NORTH JAPAN
TURKEY TURKMENISTAN Beijing (1) KOREA
Wichita (3) TAJIKISTAN Seoul (3) Kyoto (3)
Las Vegas (4)development. e borrowed funds, often San Jose (17) MALTA CYPRUS SYRIA CHINA SOUTH Tokyo (13)
Dallas (20) Columbia (3) TUNISIA LEBANON Tefen (1) AFGHANISTAN KOREA
Los Angeles (36) Phoenix (3) MOROCCO Tel Aviv (5) Osaka (2)maps easy to read. Bentonville Atlanta (4) Hamilton (1) GAZA STRIP IRAQ IRAN Shanghai (1)poorly managed or misappropriated, have San Diego (5) (4) PAKISTAN
Cairo (1) KUWAIT Kuwait (2) BHUTAN
San Antonio (4) Houston (6) Fort Lauderdale (5) ALGERIA ISRAEL NEPALnot had the anticipated eff ect. LIBYA EGYPT BAHRAIN Dubai (2) Delhi (3)
Monterrey (1) Nassau (1) WESTERN Riyadh (2) QATAR Hong Kong (18) Taipei (7)
BAHAMAS SAHARA (MA) UNITED BANGLADESH
MEXICO Jeddah (4) SAUDI ARABIA ARAB INDIAToday, unable to pay back its debt, Honolulu (1) CUBA Mecca (1) OMAN EMIRATES BURMA T'ainan (1)
George Town (1) HAITI DOMINICAN MAURITANIA LAOS
BELIZE REP. SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS MALI Bombay (5)
Mexico City (9) JAMAICA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CAPE NIGERthe ird World is demanding DOMINICA VERDE THAILAND Charts and graphics show
GUATEMALA HONDURAS SAINT VINCENT AND SENEGAL CHAD ERITREA YEMEN Manila (3)
THE GRENADINES SAINT LUCIA GAMBIA SUDAN Bangkok (3) CAMBODIAthat the debt be written off . At EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA GRENADA BARBADOS BURKINA DJIBOUTI Bangalore (1) PHILIPPINES
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GUINEA- GUINEA FASO
COSTA RICA Caracas (2) BISSAU NIGERIA ETHIOPIA MARSHALL IS.
PANAMA GUYANA SIERRA CÔTE SRI LANKAthe same time, the wealthiest countries donate to VENEZUELA LEONE D'IVOIRE CENTRAL
FRENCH GUIANA (FR) CAMEROON AFRICAN REP. BRUNEI PALAU
Bogota (2) LIBERIA TOGO MICRONESIA
EQUATORIAL GUINEA UGANDA MALDIVES Kuala Lumpur (4) M A L A Y S I Athe most disadvantaged countries in the form of COLOMBIA KENYA Sibu (1)
SURINAME CONGO Singapore (5) statistics that are linked to the
ECUADOR SAO TOME GABON RWANDA SINGAPORE offi cial development assistance . AND PRINCIPE NAURU KIRIBATI
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DEM. REP. OF SEYCHELLES
THE CONGO TANZANIA I N D O N E S I A PAPUA
BURUNDI NEW GUINEA
GNP per capita PERU Kudus (1) Surabaja (1)
TIMOR SOLOMON IS. TUVALU
≥ $25,000 BRAZIL LESTE
MALAWI COMOROS
ANGOLA
$10,000–$24,999 ZAMBIA
BOLIVIA VANUATU SAMOA subject being presented.
$3,000–$9,999 FIJI
$1,000–$2,999 ZIMBABWE MAURITIUS
NAMIBIA TONGA
Rio de Janeiro (2) BOTSWANA
$500–$999 PARAGUAY
Antofagasta (1)
< $500 Sao Paulo (6) AUSTRALIA
Johannesburg (1) SWAZILANDMeasuring wealth
Sources: World Bank; UN LESOTHO
e GNP is an indicator that measures the total value of the SOUTH AFRICA Perth (1)
URUGUAY
Number of billionaires Santiago (2) Stellenbosch (1) Sydney (3)goods and services produced in a country during one year, as ARGENTINA Buenos Aires (1)
(per metropolitan region)
well as its net revenues from foreign countries. Total GNP is Melbourne (2)
NEW used to measure a country’s wealth. Divided by the number of ZEALAND
10 5 1inhabitants, it gives an indication of the standard of living of a 45
country’s population. Source: Forbes
108 : INEQUALITIES O FFICIAL DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITIES : 109
MAIN DONOR COUNTRIES OF INTERNATIONAL MAIN RECIPIENT COUNTRIESTHE COUNTRIES OF THE THIRD WORLD ASSISTANCE
ASSISTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
Development indicators e member countries of the
POVERTY LINE RANK COUNTRY ASSISTANCE IN 2005 % OF RANK COUNTRY ASSISTANCE IN 2005 % OF e expression “ ird World” was coined
Share of the population living on less than $1 per day Development Assistance Committee GNP GNPDevelopment indicators are numerical indicators used to To integrate these diff erent parameters into a single indicator, during the Cold War to designate countries of the Organisation for Economic ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER
United States $27,622 M 0.2 Afghanistan $2,192 M 31.3that belonged to neither the capitalist nor estimate the development of nations. ey measure diff erent the United Nations Development Co-operation and Development Programme (UNDP)
the communist sphere of infl uence. Since Japan $13,147 M 0.3 Sudan $1,472 M 6.4parameters that aff ect the quality of life of human beings. GNP calculates the human development index (OECD) off er aid to developing . is index, which Access to water is one of the main development indicators.
SHARE OF THE POPULATION WITH ACCESS TO DRINKING WATERthe 1970s, “ ird World” has referred to the measures a country’s wealth or poverty, while life expectancy and takes account of loncountries gevity, education by agreeing to reduce their debt , literacy, and standard of United Kingdom It corresponds to the propor$10,767 M 0.5tion of the population that has Ethiopia $1,202 M 10.8
poorest countries on the planet. Many of or by providing them with new funding. infant mortality rate refl ect its state of health. Other indicators living (purchasing power) assesses development on a scale from access to at least 20 liters of water per day per person from
Germany $10,082 M 0.4 Dem. Rep. of the Congo $1,034 M 14.8these countries’ populations live in extreme an improved source (pipeline, protected well, rainwater assess satisfaction of basic human needs, such as access to 0 to 1. In 2004, the index ranged from 0.311 for Niger to 0.965 misery. About 1.3 billion people, representing France $10,026 M 0.5 Tanzania $871 M 6.8collection, etc.) less than one kilometer from their 20% of the world’s population, survive on less ≥ 50% drinking water, suffi cient food, and housing. Still others measure for Norway.
Netherlands residence. In many regions of the wor$5,115 M 0.8 ld, popZambiaulations lack $836 M 14.4
than 1 per day—that is, under the poverty 20%–49% level of education, the guarantee of a population’s future. water, leading to serious sanitary problems.
Italy $5,091 M 0.3line defi ned by the United Nations. 10%–19% Mozambique $771 M 12.5 e East Asia/Pacifi c region has the largest number of
5%–9%
Canada inhabitants without access to improved water sources.$3,756 M 0.4 Uganda $704 M 8.8
< 5%
Sweden Inhabitants of urban areas have a better chance of $3,362 M 0.9 Bangladesh 90%–1$563 M