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The World in 2050_ Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future - Laurence C. Smith [183]

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Cold War

Collapse (Diamond)

Colombia

Colorado River

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

concentrated solar thermal (CSP) power

Congo basin

continental effect

Copenhagen Climate Conference

corn-based ethanol

corruption

Costa Rica

Cournoyea, Nellie J.

crime

Cuba

Damansky Island

Damour, Jdimytai

dams

Darwin, Charles

Davydov, M. M.

Dawson Creek, British Columbia

De Niro, Robert

Dead Pool (Lawrence)

death rates

deltas

Democratic Republic of the Congo

demography: and aboriginal populations; and aging populations; and Alaska; and biofuels; and climate distribution; connection to other global forces; and declining populations; and the Demographic Transition; as global force; and global warming; and Gulags; and human settlement patterns; and immigration; and inertia of global forces; and life expectancy; measurement types; and momentum of population trends; and the “New North,” and NORCs; and population control policies; population densities and trajectories; and resource consumption; and urbanization; and water resources; and World War II,

Dene people

Deng Xiaoping

Denmark: and aboriginal peoples; and the Arctic Council; and Arctic resources; and demographic trends; and immigration policy; and the “New North,” and UNCLOS; and wind power

deserts

developing world

Diamond, Jared

diamond mining

disease

drought

Duke Energy

Dupont

East Asia Summit

ecological footprint

economics: and aging populations; and demography; and development policies; and economic discounting; and NORCs; shifting economic power; and super-regions; and urbanization; and water resources

Economist Intelligence Unit

Egypt

Ehrlich, Paul

El Niño

elderly dependency ratio

electric vehicles

endangered species

energy : and water consumption

Energy Independence and Security Act

Engels, Friedrich

environmental activism

Equatorial Guinea

ERTS satellite

An Essay on the Principle of Population (Malthus)

Estonia

ethanol

Ethiopia

Eurasia

Europe. See also specific countries: and aboriginal peoples; and aging populations; and agriculture; and climate change; and crop yields; and demographic trends; European Community; European Space Agency; European Union; and global warming; and urbanization; and water resources

exclusive economic zones (EEZs)

extinction of species

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

fertility rates

Finland: and aboriginal peoples; and the Arctic Council; and Arctic resources; and demographic trends; economy of; and human settlement patterns; and immigration policy; and the “New North,” and NORC collaborations; and territorial boundaries; and UNCLOS; and winter roads

Finnmark Act

fisheries

flex-fuel vehicles

flooding

Florida

food supplies. See also agriculture

Ford, Gerald

Foreign Affairs

Fort McMurray, Alberta

Fortier, Louis

fossil fuels. See also specific fuel types

Fourier, Joseph

France

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria

free trade

Frey, Karen

Friedman, Thomas

fuel-cell cars

fur trade

FutureGen

Gaddy, Clifford

Gandy, Matthew

Gautier, Catherine

Gautier, Don

Gaza

General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

General Motors Corporation

genetics

Geographic Information System (GIS)

geography

geology

George III,

geothermal power

Germany: and aging populations; and demographic trends; and economic growth models; and immigration; and North Pole expeditions; and shifting economic power; and water resources; and wind power

Ghawar oil field

Ghesquiere, Henri

Glacier National Park

glaciers: and global warming; and lakes; and permafrost; and sea levels; and water resources

Gleick, Peter

Glen Canyon Dam

Glennon, Robert

global warming. See climate change

globalization: and Arctic transportation; and Canadian oil; connection to other global forces; described; and economic ties; and global institutions; and the high Arctic; and hydrology; and immigration policy; and inertia of global forces; and market economics; and NORC collaborations; and peace and freedom measures; and population trends; and the rule of law; and shifting economic power;

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