书目名称 | Global Trends Compendium | 副标题 | An Essential Guide t | 编辑 | Edoardo Monaco | 视频video | | 概述 | Targets undergraduate students, professionals and general public alike.Provides easy access to multiple, complex global development issues, all in one “pocket” reference guide.Employs a style that is | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This Compendium was conceived as a “pocket compass”, a practical guide that may help readers to orientate themselves while they explore global affairs and attempt to make sense of the highly interconnected, multidimensional challenges of contemporary human development. The book is intended to be an accessible, concise, yet comprehensive reference for anyone who hopes to better understand today’s world and its dramatic complexity. The aim is to highlight a relevant selection of the demographic, socio-economic, geo-political, and environmental macro-dynamics that define our time, and to explore in a practical way the indicators that can be used to monitor their evolution over time. In general, this project stems from the need to apply “systemic thinking” to the study of the world and to develop a holistic perspective that can bridge the gap that for too long has existed across academic disciplines and their respective focuses. The macro-trends featured in the book shed light, in particular, on the change that has been occurring over time in the vast Global South – a portion of the globe that accounts for over 80% of the world’s total population. The book’s ultimate – although not ex | 出版日期 | Book 2023 | 关键词 | Global trends; Global South; Globalisation; Governance; Development; Sustainability; Complexity; Trends; GDP | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9163-9 | isbn_softcover | 978-981-19-9165-3 | isbn_ebook | 978-981-19-9163-9 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapor |
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